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THE HOLY FAMILY. 



LIFE OF CHRIST 

TOLD IN WORDS OF THE 
GOSPELS 



ARRANGED BY 

MARY LAPE FOGG 



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1909 

Angel Guardian Press 
BOSTON- 



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Copyright, 
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by 

Mary Lape Fogg. 




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PATRICK J. SUPPLE 

Censor Librorum, 

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* WILLIAM 

Archbishop of Boston. 



TO THE BLESSED JOAN OF ARC 
PRAYING HER SUPPLICATION THAT THE HEARTS 
OF MEN MAY BE FILLED WITH HER 
DAUNTLESS COURAGE AND 
NOBLE PURITY. 



PREFACE. 



If we consider the reason why our Divine Lord became 
man, even selfishness compels us to proclaim Him our great- 
est benefactor. Since the sin of Adam and Eve made re- 
demption a necessity there has never been a time when 
Christ and His mission have not occupied a large place in 
the thought and affection of the world. As the prophets, 
with His life plainly revealed before them, looked forward 
to His coming as the supremest fact in history, so do we, 
living under the fulfillment of the promise, regard His life 
and teaching, not only as a fact without parallel among 
events, but more than all, as a supreme visible manifesta- 
tion of the infinite love of God for mankind. Just as the 
old law would have been meaningless without the promise 
of the coming Messias, so the new law would be impossible 
without the Christ. 

Our absorbing interest in Jesus springs most of all from 
the knowledge, vouchsafed us by faith, that He became man 
for our salvation, that what He did, said and suffered, He 
did, said, and suffered for us. Hence everything asso- 
ciated with Him, His birth, His miracles, His sayings, His 
death, His resurrection, His ascension, have been the theme 
of a thousand writers, who would keep the eyes of man 
always fixed upon Him, who was the way, the truth and 
the life. This will explain why so many have written about 
our Saviour. It is the apology for the " Lives of Christ" 



which have come forth in the past, and will continue to 
come forth in the future. This is likewise the apology for 
the book which is now offered you. 

The compiler of this volume, in presenting it to the read- 
ing public, wishes it to be understood that she has not at- 
tempted anything original in thought, and that she lays 
little claim even to originality of arrangement. The sub- 
ject matter and style are entirely those of Holy Scripture, 
from which this work is taken almosl word for word. 

If a reason be sought for the existence of such a book she 
would reply that in undertaking its preparation she had in 
view the edification of her readers by placing before them 
in chronological order the main facts in the life of Christ, 
and more than all, by means of numerous illustrations to 
encourage Catholic children to become familiar with His 
life as it is found in the sacred text. 

In this latter respect, I think our compiler deserves to be 
commended, because, if I may be permitted to express an 
opinion based upon my own experience and observation as 
well as that of many other priests and religious teachers, we 
American Catholics are woefully lacking in religious books 
for children, and especially do we find our children de- 
ficient in the knowledge of Holy Scripture. The little they 
know of it is drawn from the catechism and the instruc- 
tions of the pastor or other teachers, but the children are 
rarely ever required to read and study the sacred text 
itself. The only life of Christ written in English for Catho- 
lic children, as far as I am aware, is that of Mother Mary 
Loyola, and this, while very excellent in itself, does not 
bring before the child mind anything more than the few 



straggling passages of scripture usually found in Bible 
History. 

It may be alleged, it is true, that children generally find 
the sacred text rather dry and uninteresting when it stands 
alone without commentary ; but it seems to me that it would 
be hard to improve upon the simplicity with which so many 
facts that in the life of Christ, appeal to children, are nar- 
rated in the sacred text itself. For instance: The Birth 
of Christ in Bethlehem, The Story of the Shepherds and 
the Wise Men, the Slaughter of the Innocents, The Flight 
into Egypt, etc. 

For this reason then, I think, Miss Fogg's effort will prove 
an encouragement to others to make attempts in the same 
direction. 

For the chronological arrangement our compiler wishes 
to acknowledge her indebtedness in an especial manner to 
Father Jos. Bruneau, Professor of Sacred Scripture, Brighton 
Seminary, Boston. 

►&JQHN B. MORRIS, 

Bishop of Little Rock. 



THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER I. 

npHE Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of 
Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a 
man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and 
the virgin's name was Mary. And the Angel being come in 
said unto her: "Hail full of grace: The Lord is with thee: 
Blessed art thou among women. " 

Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and 
thought with herself what manner of salutation this 
should be. And the Angel said to her: "Fear not, 
Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou 
shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; 
and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of the most High ; and the Lord God 
shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and 
he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of his 
kingdom there shall be no end." 

And Mary said to the Angel: "How shall this be done, 
because I know not man?" 

And the Angel answering said to her: "The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall 
overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall 
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold 
thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her 
old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called 
barren; because no word shall be impossible with God." 



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And Mary said: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be 
it done to me according to thy word. ' ' And the Angel de- 
parted from her. 

Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country 
with haste into a city of Juda. And she entered into the 
house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth, [his wife]. And it 
came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of 
Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was 
rilled with the Holy Ghost: and she cried out with a loud voice, 
and said " Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is 
the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the 
mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as 
soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the 
infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou 
that hast believed, because those things shall be accom- 
plished that were spoken to thee by the Lord." 

And Mary said: " My soul doth magnify the Lord : and 
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because he 
hath regarded the humility of His handmaid; for behold 
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Be- 
cause he that is mighty hath done great things to me : and 
holy is his name. And His mercy is from generation unto 
generation, to them that fear him. He hath shewed might 
in his arm: He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of 
their heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, 
and hath exalted the humble. He hath rilled the hungry 
with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. 
He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his 
mercy. As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to 
his seed forever." 



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And Mary abode with her about three months and she 
returned to her own house. 

Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come, 
and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and kins- 
folks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy 
towards her, and they congratulated with her. 

And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to 
circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's 
name Zachary. And his mother answering, said: "Not 
so, but he shall be called John." And they said to her: 
"There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name." 
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him 
called. And demanding a writing table [being dumb], he 
wrote, saying: "John is his name." And they all wondered. 
And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue 
loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 

And fear came upon all their neighbours; and all these 
things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea. 
And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, 
saying: "What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For 
the hand of the Lord was with him." 

And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; 
and he prophesied, saying: "Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption 
of his people : and hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, 
in the house of David his servant as he spoke by the mouth 
of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning : salvation 
from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us: 
to perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy 



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testament, the oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, 
that he would grant to us, that being delivered from the hand 
of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, in hbliness 
and justice before him, all our days. And thou, child, shalt 
be called the prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go be- 
fore the face of the Lord to prepare his ways : to give knowl- 
edge of salvation to his people, unto the remission' of their 
sins : through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which 
the Orient* from on high hath visited us: to enlighten them 
that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; to direct 
our feet into the way of peace. " 

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and 
was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to 
Israel. 



* "Orient," one of the[titles of^the Messias. 



CHAPTER II. 



'JpHE generation of Christ was in this wise. When as 
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before 
they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy 
Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, 
and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put 
her away privately. But while he thought on these things, 
behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, 
saying: "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee 
Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the 
Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son: and thou 
shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people 
from their sins." 

Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the 
Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Behold a virgin shall 
be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his 
name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 

And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the Angel of the 
Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. 

And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a 
decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should 
be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the 
governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, every one 
into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Gali- 
lee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of 
David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the 



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house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary his 
espoused wife who was with child. 

And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days 
were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she 
brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him up in swad- 
dling clothes, and laid him in a manger ; because there was 
no room for them in the inn. 

And there were in the same country shepherds watching 
and keeping the night-watches over their flock. And behold, 
an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of 
God shone round about them; and they feared with a great 
fear. 

And the angel said to them: "Fear not, for behold, I 
bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the 
people : for this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ 
the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign 
unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling 
clothes, and laid in a manger." And suddenly there was 
with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising 
God, and saying: " Glory to God in the highest; and on 
earth peace to men of good will." 

And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them 
into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: "Let us 
go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come 
to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us." 

And they came with haste; and they found Mary and 
Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. And seeing, 
they understood of the word that had been spoken to 
them concerning this child. And all that heard, wondered; 



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and at those things that were told them by the shepherds. 
But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. 

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, 
for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told 
unto them. 

And after eight days were accomplished, that the child 
should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, which 
was called by the angel, before he was conceived in the 
womb. 



CHAPTER III. 



ND after the days of her [Mary's] purification ac- 



M cording to the law of Moses, were accomplished, 
they carried him [Jesus] to Jerusalem, to present him to 
the Lord ; . . . . and to offer a sacrifice according as 
it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, or 
two young pigeons. 

And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, 
and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consola- 
tion of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in him. And he 
had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should 
not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. 
And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his 
parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according 
to the custom of the law, he also took him into his arms, and 
blessed God, and said: 

"Now thou doth dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according 
to thy word in peace; because my eyes have seen thy salvation, 
which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples : a 
light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy 
people Israel." And his father and mother were wondering 
at those things which were spoken concerning him. 

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: 
" Behold this child is set for the fall and for the resurrection 
of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; 
and thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many 




THE PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE. 



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hearts, thoughts may be revealed. " And there was one 
Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of 
Aser; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her 
husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a 
widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not 
fro m the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and 
day . Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the 
Lord ; and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemp- 
tion of Israel. 



CHAPTER IV. 



'YyHEN Jesus therefore was bom in Bethlehem of Juda, 
in the days of King Herod, behold, there came wise 
men from the east to Jerusalem, saying: "Where is he that 
is born king of the Jews ? For we have seen his star in the 
east, and are come to adore him." 

And King Herod hearing this was troubled and all Jeru- 
salem with him. And assembling together all the chief 
priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them 
where Christ should be born. But they said to him: "In 
Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet: 
And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda are not the least among 
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the cap- 
tain that shall rule my people Israel. 

Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned 
diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to 
them; and sending them into Bethlehem, said: "Go and 
diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found 
him, bring me word again, that I also may come and adore 
him." Who having heard the king, went their way; and 
behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before 
them, until it came and stood over where the child was. And 
seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And 
entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his 
mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening 
their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense 



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and myrrh. And having received an answer in sleep that 
they should not return to Herod, they went back another 
way into their country. 

And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord 
appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: " Arise, and take the 
child and his mother, and fly into Egypt ; and be there until 
I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will 
seek the child to destroy him." 

Who arose and took the child and his mother by night, 
and retired into Egypt : and he was there until the death of 
Herod: that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by 
the prophet, saying: "Out of Egypt have I called my Son." 

Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise 
men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men 
children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders 
thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time 
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then 
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, 
saying : A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great 
mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are not. 

But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord 
appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt, saying: "Arise, and 
take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. 
For they are dead that sought the life of the child." Who 
arose and took the child and his mother, and came into the 
land of Israel. But hearing that Archelaus reigned in 
Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go 
thither; and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters 



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of Galilee. And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth : 
that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophets: 
That he shall be called a Nazarene, 

And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom, 
and the grace of God was in him. And when he was twelve 
years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the 
custom of the feast, and having fulfilled the days, when they 
returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his 
parents knew it not. And thinking that he was in the com- 
pany, they came a day's journey, and sought him among 
their kinsfolks and acquaintance. And not finding him, 
they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days, they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hear- 
ing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard 
him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers. And 
seeing him they wondered. And his mother said to him: 

"Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father 
and I have sought thee sorrowing." 

And he said to them: "How is it that you sought me? 
did you not know that I must be about my father's 
business ?" 

And they understood not the word that he spoke unto 
them. And he went down with them, and came to Naza- 
reth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all 
these words in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom 
and age, and grace with God and men. 



CHAPTER V. 



J^OW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother te- 
trarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis,and Lysanias 
tetrarch of Abilina ; under the high priests Annas and Cai- 
phas, the word of the Lord was made unto John, the Son of 
Zachary, in the desert. And he came into all the country 
about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the 
remission of sins, as it was written in the book of the sayings 
of Isaias the prophet : A voice oj one crying in the wilderness: 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. 
Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall 
be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight; and 
the rough ways plain; and all flesh shall see the salvation of 
God. 

He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be 
baptized by him: 

"Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee 
from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits 
worthy of penance ; and do not begin to say, we have Abraham 
for our father. For I say unto you, that God is able of these 
stones to raise up children to Abraham. For now the axe 
is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that 
bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down and cast into 
the fire." 



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And the people asked him saying: "What then shall we 
do?" And he answering, said to them: "He that hath 
two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that 
hath meat, let him do in like manner." And the publicans 
also came to be baptized, and said to him: "Master, what 
shall we do?" But he said to them: "Do nothing more 
than that which is appointed you." And the soldiers also 
asked him, saying: " And what shall we do ? " And he said 
to them: "Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any 
man, and be content with your pay." 

And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking 
in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ, 
John answered, saying unto all: "I indeed baptize you with 
water, but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet 
of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose; he shall baptize 
you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire : whose fan is in his 
hand, and he will purge his floor, and will gather the wheat 
into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable 
fire." 

And many other things exhorting, did he preach to the 
people. But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved 
by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils 
which Herod had done; he added this also above all, and 
shut up John in prison. 

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, 
that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was 
opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, 
as a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven "Thou 
art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased." 



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And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty 
years ; being, as it was supposed, the son of Joseph. 

Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to 
be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted 
forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And 
the tempter coming said to him: "If thou be the Son of 
God, command that these stones be made bread. " 

Who answered and said: "It is written: Not in bread 
alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from 
the mouth oj God." 

Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him 
upon the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: "If thou 
be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That 
he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands 
shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against 
a stone." 

Jesus said to him: "It is written again: Thou shalt not 
tempt the Lord thy God." Again the devil took him up into 
a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of 
the world, and the glory of them, and said to him: "All 
these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me." 

Then Jesus saith to him: "Begone, Satan, for it is written: 
The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou 
serve." Then the devil left him; and behold angels came 
and ministered to him. 



CHAPTER VI. 



A ND this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent 
from Jerusalem, priests and Levites to him, to ask him : 
"Who art thou?" and he confessed, and did not deny: and 
he confessed : "lam not the Christ." And they asked him: 
"What then? Art thou Elias ? " And he said: "I am not." 
"Art thou the prophet?" and he answered: "No." They 
said therefore unto him: "Who art thou, that we may give 
an answer to them that sent us ? What sayest thou of thy- 
self?" 

He said: "/ am the voice of one crying in the wilderness^ 
make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.'* 
And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. 



The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him, and he 
saith: "Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh 
away the sins of the world. This is he, of whom I said: 
After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: 
because he was before me. And I knew him not, but that 
he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come 
baptizing with water." 

And John gave testimony, saying: "I saw the Spirit 
coming down, as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon 
him. And I knew him not ; but he who sent me to baptize 
with water, said to me : 'He upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending and remaining upon him, he it is that 



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baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.' And I saw, and I gave 
testimony, that this is the Son of God." 

The next day again John stood, and two of his disciples; 
and beholding Jesus walking, he saith: " Behold the Lamb 
of God." And the two disciples heard him speak, and they 
followed Jesus. And Jesus turning, and seeing them 
following him, saith to them: "What seek you?" Who 
said to him: "Rabbi," which is to say, being interpreted, 
"Master, where dwellest thou?" 

He saith to them: " Come and see." They came, and saw 
where he abode, and they stayed with him that day: now 
it was about the tenth hour. And Andrew, the brother of 
Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John, 
and followed him. He findeth first his brother Simon, and 
saith to him: "We have found the Messias," which is, being 
interpreted, the Christ. 

And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon 
him, said: "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be 
called Cephas, " which is interpreted Peter. 

On the following day, he would go forth into Galilee, and 
he findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him: "Follow 
me." Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew 
and Peter. 

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him: "We have 
found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did 
write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth." 

And Nathanael said to him: "Can anything of good 
come from Nazareth?" 

Philip saith to him: "Come and see." 



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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him; and he saith of him: 

Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. " 

Nathanael saith to him: " Whence knowest thou me?" 
Jesus answered, and said to him: " Before that Philip called 
thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee." 

Nathanael answered him, and said : "Rabbi, thou art the 
Son of God, thou art the king of Israel." Jesus answered, 
and said to him: "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee 
under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these 
shalt thou see." And he saith to him: " Amen, amen, I say 
to you, you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of 
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." 

And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Gali- 
lee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also 
was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And the 
wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: "They have 
no wine." And Jesus. saith to her: "Woman, what is that 
to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come." His mother 
saith to the waiters: "Whatsoever he shall say to you, do 
ye." 

Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according 
to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two 
or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: "Fill the 
water-pots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 
And Jesus saith to them: "Draw out now, and carry to the 
chief steward of the feast." And they carried it. And 
when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, 
and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had 
drawn the water; the chief steward called the bridegroom, 



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and saith to him: " Every man at first setteth forth good 
wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is 
worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now." 

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, 
and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 
After this he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother, 
and his brethren, and his disciples: and they remained there 
not many days. 



CHAPTER VII. 



'^pHE pasch of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went 
up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple 
them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers 
of money sitting. And when he had made, as it were, a 
scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, 
the sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers 
he poured out, and the tables he overthrew. And to them 
that sold doves he said: "Take these things hence, and 
make not the house of my Father a house of traffic." 

And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The 
zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 

The Jews therefore, answered, and said to him: "What 
sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?" 
Jesus answered, and said to them: "Destroy this temple, 
and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said: 
"Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt 
thou raise it up in three days ? " But he spoke of the temple 
of his body. When therefore he was risen again from the 
dead, his disciples remembered, that he had said this, and 
they believed the scripture, and the word that Jesus had 
said 

And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, 
a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and 
said to him: "Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher 
from God ; for no man can do these signs which thou dost, 
unless God be with him." 



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Jesus answered, and said to him: "Amen, amen, I say to 
thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom 
of God." 

Nicodemus saith to him: "How can a man be born when 
he is old?" 

Jesus answered: "Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a 
man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the 
flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. 
Wonder not that I said to thee, you must be born again. 
The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his 
voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and whither 
he goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." 

Nicodemus answered, and said to him: "How can these 
things be done?" 

Jesus answered, and said to him: "Art thou a master in 
Israel, and knowest not these things? Amen, amen, I say 
to thee, that we speak what we know, and we testify what 
we have seen, and you receive not our testimony. If I have 
spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not ; how will 
you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things? And 
no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended 
from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as 
Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of 
man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him, may 
not perish ; but may have life everlasting. For God so loved 
the world, as to give his only begotten Son ; that whosoever 
believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life ever- 
lasting. For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge 



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the world, but that the world may be saved by him. He 
that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not 
believe, is already judged : because he believeth not in the 
name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the 
judgment: because the light is come into the world, and 
men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works 
were evil. For every one that doth evil hateth the light, 
and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be re- 
proved. But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that 
his works may be made manifest, because they are done in 
God." 

After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the 
land of Judea: and there he abode with them, and baptized. 
And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim, because 
there was much water there; and they came and were bap- 
tized. For John was not yet cast into prison. 

And there arose a question between some of John's dis- 
ciples and the Jews concerning purification: and they came 
to John, and said to him: "Rabbi, he that was with thee 
beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold 
he baptizeth, and all men come to him." 

John answered and said : " A man cannot receive anything 
unless it be given him from heaven. You yourselves do 
bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am 
sent before him. He that^hath the bride, is the bridegroom: 
but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and hearetb 
him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. 
This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I 
must decrease. He that cometh from above, is above all. 



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He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth h 
speaketh. He that cometh from heaven, is above all. And 
what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth : and no man 
receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testi- 
mony, hath set to his seal that God is true. For He whom 
God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God doth 
not give the Spirit by measure. The Father loveth the Son: 
and he hath given all things into his hand. He that be- 
lieveth in the Son, hath life everlasting ; but he that believeth 
not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth 
on him." 



CHAPTER VIII. 

"y^HEN Jesus therefore understood that the Pharisees had 
heard that Jesus maketh more disciples, and baptizeth 
more than John, — though Jesus himself did not baptize, 
but his disciple s — he left Judea, and went again into Gali- 
lee, and he was of necessity to pass through Samaria. He 
cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, 
near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now 
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with 
his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth 
hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. 
Jesus saith to her: "Give me to drink." For his disciples 
were gone into the city to buy meats. 

Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: "How dost 
thou being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan 
woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the 
Samaritans.' ' 

Jesus answered, and said to her: "If thou didst know 
the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, give me to 
drink, thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would 
have given thee living water." 

The woman saith to him : " Sir, thou hast nothing wherein 
to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou 
living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 
who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his 
children, and his cattle?" 



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Jesus answered, and said to her: " Whosoever drinketh 
of this water, shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of 
the water that I will give him, shall not thirst forever: but 
the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain 
of water, springing up into life everlasting." 

The woman saith to him: "Sir, give me this water, that 
I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw." 

Jesus saith to her: "Go, call thy husband, and come 
hither." 

The woman answered, and said: "I have no 
husband." 

Jesus said to her: "Thou hast said well, I have no hus- 
band : for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou 
now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said 
truly." 

The woman saith to him: "Sir, I perceive that thou art 
a prophet. Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you 
say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must 
adore." 

Jesus saith to her: "Woman, believe me, that the hour 
cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in 
Jerusalem, adore the Father. You adore that which you 
know not : we adore that which we know ; for salvation is of 
the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For 
the Father also seeketh such to adore him. God is a spirit ; 
and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in 
truth." 

The woman saith to him: "I know that the Messias 



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cometh, who is called Christ; therefore, when he is come, he 
will tell us all things.'' 

Jesus saith to her: "I am he, who am speaking with 
thee." 

And immediately his disciples came; and they wondered 
that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: "What 
seekest thou ? Or, why talkest thou with her?" 

The woman therefore left her water-pot, and went her way 
into the city, and saith to the men there: "Come, and see 
a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have done. 
Is not he the Christ?" 

They went therefore out of the city, and came unto him. 
In the meantime the disciples prayed him, saying: "Rabbi, 
eat." 

But he said to them: " I have meat to eat, which you know 
not." 

The disciples therefore said one to another: "Hath any 
man brought him to eat ? " 

Jesus saith to them: "My meat is to do the will of him 
that sent me, that I may perfect his work. Do not you say 
there are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? 
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries; 
for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth 
receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: 
that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice 
together. For in this is the saying true: that it is one man 
that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. I have sent 
you to reap that in which you did not labour ; others have 
laboured, and you have entered into their labours." 



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Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him,, 
for the word of the woman giving testimony: "He told me 
all things whatsoever I have done." So when the Samari- 
tans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry 
there. And he abode there two days. And many more 
believed in him because of his own word. And they said to 
the woman: "We now believe, not for thy saying, for we 
ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the 
Saviour of the world." 

Now after two days, he departed thence, and went into 
Galilee. For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet 
hath no honour in his own country, and when he was come 
into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the 
things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for 
they also went to the festival day. He came again therefore 
into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And 
there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum. 
He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into 
Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to come down and 
heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus there- 
fore said to him: "Unless you see signs and wonders, you 
believe not." 

The ruler saith to him: "Lord, come down before that my 
son die." 

Jesus saith to him: " Go thy way; thy son liveth." 

The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and 
went his way. And as he was going down, his servants met 
him; and they brought word saying, that his son lived. He 
asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better.. 



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And they said to him: "Yesterday, at the seventh hour, 
the fever left him." 

The father therefore knew, that it was at the same hour 
that Jesus said to him," thy son liveth" ; and himself believed, 
and his whole house. This is again the second miracle 
that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. 



CHAPTER IX. 



^FTER these things was a festival day of the Jews r 
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at 
Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is 
named Bethsaida, having five porches. In these lay a great 
multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered; waiting for 
the moving of the water. And an angel of the Lord de- 
scended at certain times into the pond ; and the water was 
moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the 
motion of the water, was made whole of whatsoever infirmity 
he lay under. And there was a certain man there, that had 
been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. Him when 
Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long 
time, he saith to him: "Wilt thou be made whole?" 

The infirm man answered him: "Sir, I have no man, 
when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For 
whilst I am coming another goeth down before me." 

Jesus saith to him: "Arise, take up thy bed, and walk." 

And immediately the man was made whole : and he took 
up his bed, and walked. And it was the Sabbath that day. 
The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: "It is 
the Sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed." 

He answered them: "He that made me whole, he said to 
me, 'Take up thy bed and walk.' " 

They asked him therefore: "Who is that man who said 
to thee, 'Take up thy bed and walk' ?" 



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But he who was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus 
went aside from the multitude standing in the place. After- 
wards, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him : 

Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse 
thing happen to thee." 

The man went his way, and told the Jews, that it was Jesus 
who had made him whole. Therefore did the Jews perse- 
cute Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath. 

But Jesus answered them: " My father worketh until now; 
and I work." 

Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, 
because he did not only break the Sabbath, but also said 
God was his father, making himself equal to God. 

Then Jesus answered and said to them: "Amen, amen, 
I say unto you, the Son cannot do anything of himself, but 
what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever 
he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. For the 
Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which 
himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew 
him , that you may wonder. For as the Father raiseth up 
the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to 
whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any 
man, but hath given all judgment to the Son. That all 
men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. 
He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the 
Father, who hath sent him. Amen, amen, I say unto 
you, that he who heareth my word, and belie veth him 
that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into 
Judgment, but is passed from death to life. Amen, amen, 



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I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the 
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that 
hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, so he 
hath given to the Son also to have life in himself. And he 
hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son 
of man. Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein 
all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of 
God. And they that have done good things, shall come forth 
unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of judgment. I cannot of myself do 
anything. As I hear, so I judge : and my judgment is just ; 
because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent 
me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 
There is another that beareth witness of me ; and I know that 
the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. You sent to 
John, and he gave testimony to the truth. But I receive not 
testimony from man; but I say these things, that you may 
be saved. He was a burning and a shining light : and you 
were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. But I have a 
greater testimony than that of John: for the works which 
the Father hath given me to perfect; the works themselves 
which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent 
me. And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given 
testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any 
time, nor seen his shape. And you have not his word 
abiding in you; for whom he hath sent, him you believe 
not. 

Search the Scriptures, for you think in them to have life 
everlasting, and the same are they that give testimony of 



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me. And you will not come to me that you may have life, 
I receive not glory from men. But I know you, that you 
have not the love of God in you. I am come in the name of 
my Father, and you receive me not : if another shall come in 
his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, 
who receive glory one from another; and the glory which is 
from God alone, you do not seek? Think not that I will 
accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, 
Moses, in whom you trust. For if you did believe Moses, 
you would perhaps believe me also, for he wrote of me. But 
if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my 
words?" 



CHAPTER X. 



^ND after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into 
Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 
and saying: "The time is accomplished, and the kingdom 
of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel." 

And leaving the city of Nazareth, he came and dwelt in 
Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon 
and of Nepthalim; that it might be fulfilled which was said 
by Isaias the prophet: Land of Zabulon and land of Nep- 
thalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the 
Gentiles: The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great 
light: and to them that sat in the region 0} the shadow of 
death, light is sprung up. 

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: "Do 
penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." And it 
came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him 
to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth, 
and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen 
were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And 
going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him 
to draw back a little from the land. And sitting he taught 
the multitudes out of the ship. Now when he had ceased 
to speak, he said to Simon : 

"Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a 
draught." 

And Simon answering said to him: "Master, we have 



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laboured all the night, and have taken nothing: but at thy 
word I will let down the net." 

And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great 
multitude of fishes and their net broke. And they beckoned 
to their partners that were in the other ship, that they should 
come and help them. And they came, and filled both the 
ships, so that they were almost sinking. Which when 
Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: 
"Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For he 
was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the 
draught of the fishes which they had taken. And so were 
also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's 
partners. And Jesus saith to Simon: "Fear not: from 
henceforth thou shalt catch men." And having brought 
their ships to land, leaving all things, they followed him. 



CHAPTER XI. 



^ND in the synagogue [at Capharnaum] there was a man 
who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud 
voice, saying: "Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, 
Jesus of Nazareth ? Art thou come to destroy us ? I know 
thee who thou art, the holy one of God." And Jesus re- 
buked him, saying: 

"Hold thy peace, and go out of him." And when the 
devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, 
and hurt him not at all. And there came fear upon all, and 
they talked among themselves, saying: "What word is this, 
for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean 
spirits, and they go out?" 

And the fame of him was published into every place of the 
country. 

And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue went into Simon's 
house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great 
fever, and they besought him for her. And standing over 
her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And imme- 
diately rising, she ministered to them. 

And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick 
with divers diseases, brought them to him. But he laying 
his hands on every one of them, healed them. And devils 
went out from many, crying out and saying: "Thou art the 
Son of God." And rebuking them, he suffered them not to 
speak, for they knew that he was Christ. 



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And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert 
place: and there he prayed. And Simon and they that were 
with him, followed after him. And when they had found 
him, they said to him: "All seek for thee." 

And he saith to them: "Let us go into the neighbouring 
towns and cities, that I may preach there also; for to this 
purpose am I come." And he was preaching in their syn- 
agogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils. And 
there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling 
down said to him: "If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." 

And Jesus having compassion on him, stretched forth his 
hand, and touching him, saith to him: "I will. Be thou 
made clean." 

And when he had spoken, immediately the leprosy de- 
parted from him, and he was made clean. And he strictly 
charged him, and forthwith sent him away. And he saith 
to him: 

"See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the high 
priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses 
commanded, for a testimony to them." 

But he being gone out, began to publish and to blaze 
abroad the word, so that he could not openly go into the city, 
but was without in desert places: and they flocked to him 
from all sides. And entering into a boat, he passed over the 
water and came into his own city. And behold they brought 
to him one sick of the palsy, lying in a bed. And Jesus, see- 
ing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: "Be of 
good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee." 

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"He blasphemeth." And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: 
" Why do you think evil in your hearts ? Whether is easier, 
to say: 'Thy sins are forgiven thee,' or to say, 'Arise and 
walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man hath 
power on earth to forgive sins, then said he to the man sick 
of the palsy: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house." 

And he arose, and went into his house. And the multitude 
seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power 
to men. 

And he went forth again to the seaside ; and all the multi- 
tude came to him, and he taught them. And when he was 
passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the 
receipt of custom; and he saith to him: "Follow me." 
And rising up he followed him. 

And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, 
many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus 
and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed 
him. And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate 
with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: 

"Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and 
sinners?" 

Jesus hearing this, saith to them: "They that are well 
have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I 
came not to call the just, but sinners." 

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast ; 
and they come and say to him : "Why do the disciples of John 
and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?" 

And Jesus saith to them: "Can the children of the mar- 
riage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? As long 



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as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken 
away from them; and then they shall fast in those days. 
No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: 
otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and 
there is made a greater rent. And no man putteth new wine 
into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, 
and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost . 
But new wine must be put into new bottles." 



CHAPTER Xn. 



^ND it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through 
the corn fields on the Sabbath, that his disciples 
began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn. And the 
Pharisees said to him: " Behold, why do they on the Sab- 
bath day that which is not law T ful?" 

And he said to them: "Have you never read what David 
did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they 
that were with him? How he went into the house of God, 
under Abiathar, the high priest, and did eat the loaves of 
proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, 
and gave to them who were with him?" 

And he said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, 
and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of man 
is Lord of the Sabbath also." 

And when he had passed from thence, he came into 
their synagogues. And behold there was a man who had a 
withered hand, and they asked him saying: "Is it lawful 
to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him. 
But he said to them: 

"What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep 
and if the same fall into' a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not 
take hold on it and lift it up ? How much better is a man 
than a sheep ? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on 
the Sabbath day." 

Then he saith to the man: "Stretch forth thy hand;" 



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and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even 
as the other. And the Pharisees going out made a consulta- 
tion against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus 
knowing it, retired from thence, and many followed him, 
and he healed them all. And he charged them that they 
should not make him known. That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying : Behold my 
servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul 
hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and 
he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not con- 
tend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the 
streets. The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking 
flax he shall not extinguish, till he send forth judgment unto 
victory. And in his name the Gentiles shall hope. 

And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave 
them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. 
And the names of the twelve apostles are these : The first, 
Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James 
the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bar- 
tholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James, 
the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanean, 
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



JESUS went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, 
among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria, 
and they presented to him all sick people that w T ere taken 
with divers diseases and torments, and such as were pos- 
sessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, 
and he cured them. And much people followed him from 
Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and 
from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. And seeing the 
multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was 
set down, his disciples came unto him, and opening his 
mouth, he taught them saying: 

" Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for 
they shall have their fill. 

Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 

Blessed are the clean of heart : for they shall see God 

Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the 
children of God. 

Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice sake: 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

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you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my 
sake: be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in 
heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were be- 
fore you. 

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its sa- 
vour, wherewith shall it be salted ? It is good for nothing 
any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. 
You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain 
cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it 
under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine 
to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before 
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to 
destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, 
but to fulfill. For, amen, I say unto you, till heaven and 
earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, 
till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall 
do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of 
heaven. For I tell you, that unless your justice abound 
more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

You have heard that it was said of them of old: Thou 
shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of 
the judgment. But I say to you, that whosoever is angry 
with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And 
whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger 
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be in danger of hell fire. If therefore thou offer thy gift at 
the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath 
anything against thee leave there thy offering before the altar, 
and go first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then coming 
thou shalt offer thy gift. Be at agreement with thy ad- 
versary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him, lest 
perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge 
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 
Amen, I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence tilt 
thou repay the last farthing. 

But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good 
to them that hate you. Bless them that curse you, and pray 
for them that calumniate you. And to him that striketh 
thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that 
taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat 
also. Give to everyone that asketh thee, and of him that 
taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. And as you 
would that men should do to you, do you also to them in 
like manner. And if you love them that love you, what 
thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love 
them. And if you do good to them who do good to you, 
what thanks are to you ? For sinners also do this. And if 
you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks 
are to you ? For sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive 
as much. But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing thereby : and your reward shall be great, 
and you shall be the sons of the Highest : for he is kind to 
the unthankful, and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, 
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Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be 
seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward of your 
Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou dost an 
almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites 
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be 
honoured by men. Amen, I say to you, they have received 
their reward. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left 
hand know what thy right hand doth. That thy alms may 
be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay 
thee. 

And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, 
that love to stand and pray, in the synagogues and corners 
of the streets, that they may be seen by men : Amen, I say to 
you, they have received their reward. But thou when thou 
shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, 
pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who seeth in 
secret will repay thee. And when you are praying, speak not 
much as the heathens. For they think that in their much 
speaking they may be heard. Be not you therefore like to 
them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, be- 
fore you ask him. Thus therefore shall you pray: 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. And 
forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And 
lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly 
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not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your 
offences. And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. 
For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto 
men to fast. Amen, I say to you, they have received their 
reward. But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and 
wash thy face; that thou appear not to men to fast, but to 
thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in 
secret, will repay thee. Lay not up to yourselves treasures 
on earth, where the rust and moth consume, and where 
thieves break through and steal. But lay up to yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither the rust nor moth doth 
consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal. 
For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also. 

The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, 
thy whole body shall be lightsome. But if thy eye be evil r 
thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is 
in the e be darkness, the darkness itself how great shall it be ! 

No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate 
the one, and love the other, or he will sustain the one, and 
despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 
Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what 
you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is 
not the life more than the meat, and the body more than the 
raiment ? Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow,, 
nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly 
Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value 
than they ? And which of you by taking thought, can add 
to his stature one cubit? And for raiment why are you 
solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 



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they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, that 
not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayed as one of these. 
And if the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow 
is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe, how much more 
you, O ye of little faith ? 

Be not solicitous therefore, saying: What shall we eat: 
or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed ? 
For after all these things do the heathen seek. For your 
Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. 
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, 
and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not there- 
fore solicitous for to-morrow, for the morrow will be solicitous 
for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 

Judge not, that you may not be judged. For with what 
judgment you judge, you shall be judged, and with what 
measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. And 
why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and 
seeth not the beam that is in thy own eye ? Or how sayest 
thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye, 
and behold a beam is in thy own eye ? Thou hypocrite, 
cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt 
thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Give 
not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls 
before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their 
feet, and turning upon you, they tear you. 

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: 
knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that 
asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh, findeth, and to him 
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among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he 
reach him a stone ? Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he 
reach him a serpent ? If you then being evil, know how to 
give good gifts to your children, how much more will your 
Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask 
Mm ? All things therefore whatsoever you would that men 
should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law 
and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate, and 
broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there 
are who go in thereat. How narrow is the gate, and strait 
is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it ! 

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing 
of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good 
tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree 
that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall 
be cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits you shall 
know them. 

Not every one that saith to me: Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doth the will of my 
Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, 
have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in 
thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? And 
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart 
from me, you that work iniquity. 



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Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth 
them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house 
upon a rock, and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, 
for it was founded on a rock; and every one that heareth 
these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish 
man that built his house upon the sand, and the rain fell, 
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon 
that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof." 

And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these 
words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine. For 
he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the 
scribes and Pharisees. 

And when he was come down from the mountain, 
great multitudes followed him. And when he had 
entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, 
beseeching him, and saying: "Lord, my servant lieth at 
home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented." 

And Jesus saith to him: "I will come and heal him." 

And the centurion making answer, said: "Lord, I am 
not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof, but only 
say the word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also 
am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers, 
and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, 
and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it." 

And Jesus hearing this, marvelled, and said to them that 
followed him: "Amen, I say to you, I have not found so 
great faith in Israel. And I say to you that many shall come 
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and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven, but the 
children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior 
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 
And Jesus said to the centurion: "Go, and as thou hast 
believed, so be it done to thee." And the servant was healed 
at the same hour. 

And it came to pass afterwards, that he went into a city 
that is called Nairn, and there went with him his disciples, 
and a great multitude. And when he came nigh to the gate 
of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son 
of his mother, and she was a widow: and a great multitude 
of the city was with her. Whom when the Lord had seen, 
being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her : " Weep 
not." And he came near and touched the bier. And they 
that carried it, stood still. And he said: "Young man, I 
say to thee, arise." And he that was dead, sat up, and be- 
gan to speak. And he gave him to his mother. And there 
came a fear on them all: and they glorified God, saying: 
"A great prophet is risen up among us: and God hath 
visited his people." And this rumour of him went forth 
throughout all the country round about. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



J^OW when John had heard in prison the works of 
Christ : sending two of his disciples he said to him : 
" Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another ?" 

And Jesus making answer said to them: "Go and relate 
to John what you have heard and seen. The blind see, the 
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead 
rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And 
blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me." 

And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the 
multitudes concerning John: "What went you out into the 
desert to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what 
went you out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? 
Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the 
houses of kings. But what went you out to see ? A prophet ? 
Yea, I tell you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of 
whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, 
who shall prepare thy way before thee. Amen, I say to you, 
there hath not risen among them that are born of women, a 
greater than John the Baptist : yet he that is the lesser in the 
kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the 
days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven 
suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away. For all the 
prophets and the law prophesied until John, and if you will 
receive it, he is Elias that is to come. 

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shall I esteem this generation to be like ? It is like to chil- 
dren sitting in the market place. Who crying to their com- 
panions say : We have piped to you, and you have not danced ; 
we have lamented, and you have not mourned. For John 
came neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He hath a 
devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they 
say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a 
friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified 
by her children." 

And one of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. 
And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and sat down 
to meat. And behold a woman that was in the city, a sinner, 
when she knew that he sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, 
brought an alabaster box of ointment ; and standing behind 
at his feet, she began to wash his feet, with tears, and wiped 
them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and 
anointed them with the ointment. And the Pharisee, who 
had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: 
"This man, if he were a prophet, would know surely who and 
what manner of woman this is that toucheth him; that she is 
a sinner." 

And Jesus answering said to him: "Simon, I have some- 
what to say to thee." But he said : "Master, say it." 

"A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five 
hundred pence, and the other fifty. And whereas they 
had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which 
therefore of the two loveth him most?" 

Simon answering, said: "I suppose that he to whom he 
forgave most." And he said to him: "Thou hast judged 



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rightly." And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: 
4 ' Dost thou see this woman ? I entered into thy house ; thou 
gavest me no water for my feet; but she with tears hath 
washed my feet, and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou 
gavest me no kiss ; but she, since she came in, hath not ceased 
to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint ; but 
she with ointment hath anointed my feet. Wherefore I 
say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath 
loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less." 

And he said to her : "Thy sins are forgiven thee. " And 
they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves : 
"Who is this that forgiveth sins also?" 

And he said to the woman: "Thy faith hath made thee 
safe, go in peace." 

And it came to pass afterwards, that he travelled 
through the cities and towns, preaching and evangeliz- 
ing the kingdom of God, and the twelve with him. And 
certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and in- 
firmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven 
devils were gone forth, and Joanna, the wife of Chusa, 
Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who 
ministered unto him of their substance. 

And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh to- 
gether again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 
And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay 
hold on him. For they said: "He is become mad." And 
the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: 
"He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth 
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And after he had called them together, he said to them in 
parables : " How can Satan cast out Satan ? And if a king- 
dom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 
And if a house be divided against itself that house cannot 
stand. And if Satan be risen up against himself, he is 
divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end. No man can 
enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his 
goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he 
plunder his house. Amen, I say to you, that all sins shall 
be forgiven unto the sons of men and the blasphemies where- 
with they shall blaspheme. But he that shall blaspheme 
against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but 
shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. Because they said: 
"He hath an unclean spirit." 

And his mother and brethren came unto him; and they 
could not come at him for the crowd. And it was told him: 
"Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to 
see thee. ,, 

Who answering, said to them: "My mother and my breth- 
ren are they who hear the word of God, and do it." 



CHAPTER XV. 



^ND when a very great multitude was gathered to- 
gether, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he 
spoke by a similitude. 

"The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, 
some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the 
fowls of the air devoured it. And other some fell upon a 
rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, 
because it had no moisture. And other some fell among 
thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it. And 
other some fell upon good ground, and being sprung up, 
yielded fruit a hundredfold." Saying these things he cried 
out: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." And his 
disciples asked him what this parable might be. To whom 
he said : "To you it is given to know the mystery of the king- 
dom of God, but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may 
not see, and hearing may not understand. Now the parable 
is this: The seed is the word of God. And they by the 
wayside are they that hear; then the devil cometh and taketh 
the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be 
saved. Now they upon the rock, are they who when they 
hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots, 
for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation they 
fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they who 
have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares 
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that on the good ground, are they who in a good and perfect 
heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in 
patience. 

Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel, 
or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it upon a candlestick, 
that they who come in may see the light. For there is not 
anything secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, 
that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed there- 
fore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be 
given : and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh 
he hath, shall be taken away from him." 

Another parable he proposed to them, saying: "The 
kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed 
in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came 
and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way. 
And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth 
fruit, then appeared also the cockle. And the servants of 
the goodman of the house coming said to him: "Sir, didst 
thou not sow good seed in thy field ? whence then hath it 
cockle ?" And he said to them: "An enemy hath done this." 
And the servants said to him: "Wilt thou that we go and 
gather it up?" And he said: "No, lest perhaps gathering 
up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. 
Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the 
harvest I will say to the reapers : Gather up first the cockle, 
and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye 
into my barn." 

Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: "The 
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which 



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a man took and sowed in his field. Which is the least in - 
deed of all seeds, but when it is grown up, it is greater than 
all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air 
come, and dwell in the branches thereof." 

Another parable he spoke to them: "The kingdom of 
heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in 
three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened." 

All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes ; 
and without parables he did not speak to them. That it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying : 
/ will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden 
from the foundation of the world. y f| 

Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the 
house, and his disciples came to him, saying: "Expound 
to us the parable of the cockle of the field." 

Who made answer and said to them: "He that soweth the 
good seed, is the Son of man. And the field is the world. 
And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And 
the cockle are the children of the wicked one. And the 
enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the 
end of the world. And the reapers are the angels. Even 
as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so 
shall it be at the end of the world. The Son of man shall send 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scan- 
dals, and them that work iniquity. And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom 
of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 
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field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof 
goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 
Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking 
good pearls. Who when he had found one pearl of great 
price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. 
Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the 
sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Which, 
when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, 
they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast 
forth. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels 
shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the 
just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye under- 
stood all these things ?" They say to him: "Yes." He 
said unto them: "Therefore every scribe instructed in the 
kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, 
who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old." 



CHAPTER XVI. 



^ND when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed 
him. And behold a great tempest arose in the sea; 
so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. 
And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: "Lord, 
save us, we perish.' ' 

And Jesus saith to them: "Why are you fearful, O ye of 
little faith?" Then rising up he commanded the winds, 
and the sea, and there came a great calm. But the men won- 
dered, saying: "What manner of man is this, for the winds 
and the sea obey him?" 

And they came over the strait of the sea into the country 
of the Gerasens. And as he went out of the ship, imme- 
diately there met him out of the monuments a man with an 
unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no 
man now could bind him, not even with chains. For having 
been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the 
chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one 
could tame him. And he was always day and night in the 
monuments and in the mountains, crying and cutting him- 
self with stones. And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and 
adored him. And crying with a loud voice, he said : "What 
have I to do with thee, Jesus the Son of the most high God ? 
I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not." 

For he said unto him: " Go out of the man, thou unclean 
spirit." And he asked him: " What is thy name ? " 



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And he saith to him: "My name is Legion, for we are 
many." And he besought him much, that he would not 
drive him away out of the country. And there was there- 
near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. And the 
spirits besought him, saying: "Send us into the swine, that 
we may enter into them." And Jesus immediately gave 
them leave. And the unclean spirits going out, entered into 
the swine: and the herd with great violence was carried 
headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, and were 
stifled in the sea. And they that fed them fled, and told it 
in the city and in the fields. And they went out to see what 
was done, and they came to Jesus, and they see him that was 
troubled with the devil, sitting, clothed, and well in his wits, 
and they were afraid. And they that had seen it, told them, 
ir what manner he had been dealt with who had the devil ; 
and concerning the swine. And they began to pray him 
thyt he would depart from their coasts. And when he went 
up into the ship, he that had been troubled with the devil, 
began to beseech him that he might be with him. And he 
admitted him not, but saith to him: "Go into thy house to* 
thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath 
done for thee, and hath had mercy on thee." And he went 
his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things 
Jesus had done for him; and all men wondered. 

As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a 
certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying, "Lord, 
my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand 
upon her, and she shall live." 

And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples. 



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And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of 
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem 
of his garment. For she said within herself: "If I shall 
touch only his garment, I shall be healed." 

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said : " Be of good heart 
daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole." And the woman 
was made whole from that hour. And when Jesus was 
come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and 
the multitude making a rout, he said: "Give place, for 
the girl is not dead, but sleepeth." And they laughed him 
to scorn. And when the multitude was put forth, he went 
in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose. And 
the fame hereof went abroad into all that country. 

And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two 
blind men crying out and saying: "Have mercy on us, O 
Son of David." And when he was come to the house, the 
blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them: "Do 
you believe that I can do this unto you ?" They say to him 
"Yea, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying: 
"According to your faith, be it done unto you." And their 
eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying: 
"See that no man know this." But they going out, 
spread his fame abroad in all that country. And when they 
were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, pos- 
sessed with a devil. And after the devil was cast out, the 
dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying: 
" Never was the like seen in Israel." But the Pharisees 
said: "By the prince of devils he casteth out devils." 



CHAPTER XVII. 



^ND he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up : and 
he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, 
on the Sabbath day; and he rose up to read. And the book 
of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he 
unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written : 
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath 
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to 
heal the contrite of heart, to preach deliverance to the captives , 
and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to 
preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward. 

And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the 
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the syna- 
gogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them: 
"This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears." And all 
gave testimony to him: and they wondered at the words of 
grace that proceeded from his mouth, and they said: "Is not 
this the son of Joseph ?" 

And he said to them: "Doubtless you will say to me this 
similitude: Physician, heal thyself: as great things as we 
have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own 
country." And he said: "Amen, I say to you, that no 
prophet is accepted in his own country. In truth I say to 
you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, 
when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when 
there was a great famine throughout all the earth. And to 



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none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a 
widow woman. And there were many lepers in Israel in 
the time of Eliseus the prophet, and none of them was 
cleansed but Naaman the Syrian." 

And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were 
filled with anger. And they rose up and thrust him out of 
the city; and they brought him to the brow of the hill, where- 
on their city was built, that they might cast him down head- 
long. But he passing through the midst of them, went his 
way. 

And Jesus went about all the cities and towns, teaching 
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the king- 
dom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. And 
seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because 
they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no 
shepherd. Then he saith to his disciples: "The harvest 
indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore 
the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his 
harvest." 

And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave 
them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. 
These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: 

"Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles; and into the city 
of the Samaritans enter ye not. But go ye rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel. And going, preach, saying: 
The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the 
dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils; freely have you re- 
ceived, freely give. Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor 




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money in your purses ; nor scrip for your journey, nor two 
coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of 
his meat. And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, 
inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence. 
And when you come into the house, salute it, saying : Peace 
be to this house. And if that house be worthy, your peace 
shall come upon it ; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall 
return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor 
hear your words, going forth out of that house or city, shake 
off the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the 
day of judgment, than for that city. 

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be 
ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. But 
beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, 
and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And you 
shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my 
sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles : But when 
they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to 
speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. 
For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that 
speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up the 
brother to death, and the father the son: and the children 
shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to 
death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's 
sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be 
saved. And when they shall persecute you in this city, 
flee into another. Amen, I say to you, you shall not finish 
all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come. 



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The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above 
his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his 
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the 
goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of 
his household? Therefore fear them not. For nothing is 
covered that shall not be revealed ; nor hid, that shall not be 
known. 

That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light : 
and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house- 
tops. And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not 
able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy 
both soul and body in hell. 

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of 
them shall fall on the ground without your Father. But 
the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not 
therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Every one 
therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also con- 
fess him before my Father who is in heaven. But he that 
shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my 
Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I came to send 
peace upon earth: I came not to send peace but the sword. 
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and 
the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law 
against her mother-in-law. And a man's enemies shall be 
they of his own household. He that loveth father or 
mother more than me, is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth 
son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. And 
he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not 
worthy of me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and 
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He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that receiveth 
me, receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet 
in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet : 
and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, 
shall receive the reward of a just man. And whosoever shall 
give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water 
only in the name of a disciple, amen , I say to you, he shall 
not lose his reward." 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of 
commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence 
to teach and preach in their cities. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



A T that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of 
^ Jesus. And he said to his servants: "This is 
John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore 
mighty works shew forth themselves in him." 

For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and 
put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brothers wife. 
For John said to him: " It is not lawful for thee to have her." 
And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people ; 
because they esteemed him as a prophet. But on Herod's 
birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and 
pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath, to 
give her whatsoever she would ask of him. But she being 
instructed before by her mother, said: "Give me here in a 
dish the head of John the Baptist." 

And the king was struck sad : yet because of his oath, and 
for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be 
given. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And 
his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the 
damsel, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples 
came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told 
Jesus. 

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which 
is that of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, 
because they saw the miracles which he did on them that 
were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, 
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Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at 
hand. When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and 
seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to 
Philip: "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" 
And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he 
would do. Philip answered him: "Two hundred penny- 
worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may 
take a little. ,, 

One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, 
saith to him: "There is a boy here that hath five^barley 
loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many ?" 

Then Jesus said: "Make the men sit down." Now 
there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat 
down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the 
loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to 
them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, 
as much as they would. And when they were filled, he 
said to his disciples: " Gather up the fragments that remain, 
lest they be lost." 

They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with 
the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over 
and above to them that had eaten. And forthwith Jesus 
obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to go before 
him over the water, till he dismissed the people. And having 
dismissed the multitude he went into a mountain alone to 
pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone. But 
the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves, 
for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the 
night, he came to them walking upon the sea. And they 



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seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying: 
"It is an apparition." And they cried out for fear. And 
immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying; "Be of good 
heart : it is I, fear ye not." 

And Peter making answer, said: "Lord, if it be thou, 
bid me come to thee upon the waters." And he said: 
"Come." And Peter going down out of the boat, walked 
upon the water to come to Jesus. But seeing the wind 
strong, he was afraid, and when he began to sink, he cried 
out, saying: "Lord, save me." 

And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took 
hold of him, and said to him: "O thou of little faith, why 
didst thou doubt ?" And when they were come up into the 
boat, the wind ceased. And they that were in the boat 
came and adored him, saying: "Indeed thou art the Son of 
God." And when they had passed over, they came into the 
land of Genesareth, and set to the shore. And when they 
were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him, and 
running through that whole country, they began to carry 
about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 
And whithersoever he entered, into towns or into villages or 
cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that 
they might touch but the hem of his garment : and as many 
as touched him were made whole. 

The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of 
the sea, saw that there was no other ship there but one, and 
that Jesus had not entered into the ship with his disciples, 
but that his disciples were gone away alone. But other 
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had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks. When there- 
fore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his 
disciples, they took shipping and came to Capharnaum, 
seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the 
other side of the sea, they said to him: "Rabbi, when earnest 
thou hither ?" Jesus answered them, and said: "Amen, 
amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen 
miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were 
filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that 
which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man 
will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed." 

They said therefore to him: "What sign therefore dost 
thou shew, that we may see and may believe thee? What 
dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, 
as it is written : He gave them bread from heaven to eat." 

Then Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, 
Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father 
giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of 
God is that which cometh down from heaven, ancl giveth life 
to the world." 

They said therefore unto him: "Lord, give us always this 
bread." And Jesus said to them: "I am the bread of life: 
he that cometh to me shall not hunger : and he that believeth 
in me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, that you also 
have seen me, and you believe not. All that the Father 
giveth to me shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me, 
I will not cast out. Because I came down from heaven, not 
to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. Now 
this is the will of the Father who sent me : that of all that he 



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hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up 
again in the last day. And this is the will of my Father 
that sent me : that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth 
in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in 
the last day." 

The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he 
had said: "I am the living bread which came down 
from heaven." And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son 
of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? How then 
saith he, I came down from heaven?" 

Jesus therefore answered, and said to them: "Murmur 
not among yourselves. No man can come to me, 
except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him; 
and I will raise him up in the last day. It is written 
in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. 
Everyone that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, 
cometh to me. Not that any man hath seen the Father; 
but he who is of God, he hath seen the Father. Amen, 
amen, I say unto you: He that believeth in me, hath ever- 
lasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat 
manna in the desert, and are dead. This is the bread which 
cometh down from heaven ; that if any man eat of it, he may 
not die. I am the living bread which came down from 
heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever; 
and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the 
world." 

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: 
"How can this man give us his flesh to eat ?" 
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you: "Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink 
his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my 
flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life; and I 
will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat in- 
deed : and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my 
flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. 
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; 
so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. This 
is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your 
fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this 
bread shall live forever." 

These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Ca- 
pharnaum. Many therefore of his disciples, hearing ft, 
said: "This saying is hard, and who can bear it?" 

But Jesus, knowing in himself, that his disciples mur- 
mured at this, said to them: "Doth this scandalize you? 
If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he 
was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh 
profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, 
are spirit and life. But there are some of you that believe 
not." 

For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that 
did not believe, and who he was that would betray him. 
And he said: "Therefore did I say to you, that no man can 
come to me, unless it be given him by my Father." 

After this many of his disciples went back; and walked no 
more with him. Then Jesus said to the twelve: ' 'Will 
you also go away?" 

And Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, to whom shall 



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we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we have 
believed and have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son 
of God." 

Jesus answered them: "Have not I chosen you twelve; 
and one of you is a devil ?" Now he meant Judas Iscariot, 
the son of Simon: for this same was about to betray him, 
whereas he was one of the twelve. After these things Jesus 
walked in Galilee ; for he would not walk in Judea, because 
the Jews sought to kill him. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



>T^HEN came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Phari- 
sees, saying: "Why do thy disciples transgress the 
tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands 
when they eat bread." 

But he answering, said to them: "Why do you also trans- 
gress the commandment of God for your tradition? For 
God said : Honour thy father and mother: And : He that 
shall curse father or mother , let him die the death. But you 
say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, the gift what- 
soever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. And he shall 
not honour his father or his mother : and you have made void 
the commandment of God for your tradition. Hypocrites, 
well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying: This people 
honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. 
And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and 
commandments of men. 

And having called together the multitude unto him, he 
said to them: "Hear ye and understand: Not that which 
goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out 
of the mouth, this defileth a man. " 

Then came his disciples, and said to him: "Dost thou 
know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were 
scandalized ?' ' 

But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly 
Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them 



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alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the 
blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit." 

And Peter answering, said to him: "Expound to us this 
parable." 

But he said: "Are you also yet without understanding? 
Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the 
the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the 
privy? But the things which proceed out of the mouth, 
come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 
For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, 
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 
These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with 
unwashed hands doth not defile a man." 

And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of 
Tyre and Sidon. And behold a woman of Canaan who 
came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him : 

"Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David: my 
daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.' ' 

Who answered her not a word, and his disciples came 
and besought him, saying: "Send her away, for she crieth 
after us." 

And he answering, said : "I was not sent but to the sheep 
that are lost of the house of Israel." 

But she came and adored him, saying: "Lord, help me." 

Who answering, said: "It is not good to take the bread of 
the children, and to cast it to the dogs." But she said: 
"Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall 
from the table of their masters.' ' 

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thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt:" and her daughter 
was cured from that hour. 

And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by 
Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts 
of Decapolis. And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; 
and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. 
And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his ringers 
into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue : And looking 
up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: "Ephpheta," 
which is: Be thou opened." And immediately his ears were 
opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke 
right. And he charged them that they should tell no man. 
But the more he charged them so much the more a great deal 
did they publish it. And so much the more did they wonder, 
saying: "He hath done all things well; he hath made both 
the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." 



CHAPTER XX. 



jN those days again, when there was a great multitude) 
and had nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, 
he saith to them: "I have compassion on the multitude, for 
behold they have now been with me three days, and have 
nothing to eat. And if I shall send them away fasting to 
their home, they will faint in the way; for some of them came 
from afar off." And his disciples answered him: "From 
whence can anyone fill them here with bread in the 
wilderness ?' ' 

And he asked them : "How many loaves have ye ?' ' 

Who said: "Seven." 

And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke, and 
gave to his disciples for to set before them; and they set them 
before the people. And they had a few little fishes; and he 
tlessed them, and commanded them to be set before them. 
And they did eat and were filled ; and they took up that which 
was left of the fragments, seven baskets. And they that had 
eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away. 
And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he 
came into the parts^of Dalmanutha. And there came to 
him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked 
him to shew them a sign from heaven. But he answered 
and said to them: "When it is evening, you say: It will be 
fair weather, for the sky is red. And in the morning : To-day 
there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You 



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know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you 
not know the signs of the times ? A wicked and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given 
it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.' ' And he left them, and 
went away. 

And when his disciples were come over the water, 
they had forgotten to take bread. Who said to them: 
"Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 
Sadducees." But they thought within themselves, saying r 
Because we have taken no bread. And Jesus knowing it, 
said; "Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little 
faith, for that you have no bread ? Do you not yet understand 
neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand 
men, and how many baskets you took up ? Nor the seven 
loaves among four thousand men, and how many baskets 
you took up ? Why do you not understand that it was not 
concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of 
the Pharisees and Sadducees?" 

Then they understood that he said not that they should 
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees. And they came to Bethsaida,. 
and they bring to him a blind man, and they besought 
him that he would touch him. And taking the 
blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town,, 
and spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked 
him if he saw anything. And looking up, he said: "I see 
men as it were trees, walking.' ' After that again he laid his 
hands upon his eyes, and he began to see, and was restored,, 
so that he saw all things clearly. And he sent him into his 



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house, saying: "Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the 
town, tell nobody." 

And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: 
And he asked his disciples, saying: "Whom do men say 
that the Son of man is ?' ' But they said : "Some John the 
Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one 
-of the prophets." 

Jesus said to them: "But whom do you say that I am?" 

Simon Peter answered and said: "Thou art Christ, the 
Son of the living God.' ' 

And Jesus answering, said to him: "Blessed art thou, 
Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed 
it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee : 
That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my 
church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. 
And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound 
also in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it 
shall be loosed also in heaven.' ' 

Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no 
one that he was Jesus the Christ. From that time Jesus 
began to shew to his desciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, 
and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and 
chief priests and be put to death, and the third day rise again. 
And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: "Lord, 
fae it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.' ' 

Who turning, said to Peter: "Go behind me, Satan, thou 
art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the 
things that are of God, but the things that are of men." 



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Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man will come after 
me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow 
me. For he that will save his life, shall lose it : and he that 
shall lose his' life for my sake, shall find it. For what 
doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer 
the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man 
give for his soul ? For the Son of man shall come in the 
glory of his Father with his angels, and then will he render to 
every man according to his works. Amen, I say to you, 
there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste 
death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.' ' 



CHAPTER XXI. 



A ND after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and 
James, and John his brother, andbringeth them up 
into a high mountain apart : and he was transfigured before 
them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments 
became white as snow. And behold there appeared to them 
Moses and Elias talking with him. And Peter answering, 
said to Jesus: "Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou 
wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and 
one for Moses, and one for Elias." 

And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud over- 
shadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying: 
"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: 
hear ye him." 

And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were 
very much afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, 
and said to them: "Arise, and fear not." And they lifting up 
their eyes saw no one but only Jesus. And as they came down 
from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: "Tell the 
vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead." 

And his disciples asked him, saying: "Why then do the 
scribes say that Elias must come first ?' ' 

But he answering, said to them: "Elias indeed shall 
come, and restore all things. But I say to you, that Elias is 
already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto 
him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man 
shall suffer from them." 




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Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken 
to them of John the Baptist. And coming to his 
disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and 
the scribes disputing with them. And presently all 
the people seeing Jesus, were astonished and struck with 
fear; and running to him, they saluted him. And he 
asked them: "What do you question about among you?" 

And one of the multitude, answering, said: "Master, I 
have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit, who, 
wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him, and he foameth, 
and gnasheth with the teeth, and pineth away ; and I spoke to 
thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not." 

Who answering them, said: "O incredulous generation, 
how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? 
bring him unto me." 

And they brought him, and when he had seen him, imme- 
diately the spirit troubled him; and being thrown down upon 
the ground, he rolled about foaming. And he asked his 
father: "How long time is it since this hath happened unto 
him?" But he said: "From his infancy, and oftentimes 
hath he cast him into the fire and into waters to destroy him. 
But if thou canst do anything, help us, having compassion on 
us." 

And Jesus saith to him: "If thou canst believe, all things 
are possible to him that believeth. ,, 

And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with 
tears said : " I do believe, Lord ; help my unbelief. " 

And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he 
threatened the unclean spirit, saying to him : "Deaf and 



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dumb spirit, I command thee, go out of him, and enter not 
any more into him. " 

And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of 
him, and he became as dead, so that many said : ' 'He is dead.' ' 
But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up, and he 
arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples 
secretly asked him: "Why could not we cast him out?" 
And he said to them: "This kind can go out by nothing, but 
by prayer and fasting." 

And all were astonished at the mighty power of God. 
But while all wondered at all the things he did, he said to his 
disciples : ' 'Lay you up in your hearts these words, for it 
shall come to pass, that the Son of man shall be delivered 
into the hands of men." 

But they understood not this word ; and it was hid from 
them, so that they perceived it not. And they were afraid 
to ask him concerning this word. And when they were come 
to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to 
Peter and said to him: "Doth not your master pay the di- 
drachmas ?" 

He said: "Yes." And when he was come into the house, 
Jesus prevented him, saying: "What is thy opinion, Simon? 
The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or 
custom, of their own children, or of strangers?" And he 
said : "Of strangers. " Jesus said to him : ' 'Then the children 
are free. But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, 
and cast in a hook; and that fish which shall first come up, 
take : and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find 
a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee. " 



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At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: "Who 
thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?" 

And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the 
midst of them, and said : "Amen, I say to you, unless you be 
converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall 
humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the 
kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such 
little child in my name, receiveth me." 

John answered him, saying: "Master, we saw one casting 
out devils in thy name, who followeth not us, and we forbade 
him." 

But Jesus said : ' 'Do not forbid him. For there is no man 
that doth a miracle in my name, and can soon speak ill of me. 
For he that is not against you, is for you. For whosoever 
shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because you 
belong to Christ: Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his 
reward. But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones 
that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone 
should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be 
drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because 
of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come : but 
nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. 
And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and 
cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed 
or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into 
everlasting fire. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, 
and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to 
enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. 



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See that you despise not one of these little ones: 
for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always 
see the face of my Father who is in heaven. For 
the Son of man is come to save that which was 
lost. What think you? If a man have an hundred 
sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave 
the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is 
gone astray ? And if it so be that he find it : Amen, I say to 
you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that 
went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father, 
who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 

But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke 
him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou 
shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee, take 
with thee one or two more : that in the mouth of two or three 
witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear 
them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, 
let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen, I 
say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be 
bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon 
earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. Again I say to you, 
that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any 
thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by 
my Father who is in heaven. For where there are two or 
three gathered together in my name, there am I in the 
midst of them." 

Then came Peter unto him and said: "Lord, how often 
shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? 
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Jesus saith to him : "I say not to thee, till seven times; 
but till seventy times seven times. Therefore is the kingdom 
of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of 
his servants. And when he had begun to take the account, 
one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents. 
And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded 
that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that 
he had, and payment to be made. But that servant falling 
down, besought him, saying: 'Have patience with me, and 
I will pay thee all.' And the lord of that servant being 
moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt. 
But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his 
fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence : and laying 
hold of him, he throttled him, saying : 'Pay what thou owest. 
And his fellow servant falling down, besought him, saying: 
'Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all\ And he 
would not : but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the 
debt. Now his fellow servants, seeing what was done, were 
very much grieved, and they came and told their lord all 
that was done. Then his lord called him; and said to him: 
'Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because 
thou besoughtest me; shouldst not thou then have had 
compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had com- 
passion on thee? And his lord being angry, delivered him 
to the torturers until he paid all the debt. So also shall my 
heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his 
brother from your hearts.' 9 



CHAPTER XXII. 



*VjOW the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. And 
^ his brethren said to him: ' 'Pass from hence, and go 
into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which 
thou dost. For there is no man that doth anything in secret, 
and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do 
these things, manifest thyself to the world." For neither 
did his brethren believe in him. 

Then Jesus said to them: "My time is not yet come, but 
your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, 
but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the 
works thereof are evil. Go you up to this festival day 
but I go not up ["I am not at present going up"] to this 
festival day: because my time is not accomplished." 
When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee. 
But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up 
to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. The Jews 
therefore, sought him on the festival day, and said : i ' Where 
is he ? " And there was much murmuring among the multitude 
concerning him. For some said: "He is a good man." 
And others said : ' 'No, but he seduceth the people. " Yet no 
man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews. 

Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the 
temple, and taught. And the Jews wondered, saying: 
"How doth this man know letters, having never learned?" 

Jesus answered them, and said : ' 'My doctrine is not mine? 
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shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether 
I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his 
own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent 
him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him. Did not 
Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law ? 
Why seek you to kill me?" 

The multitude answered, and said: "Thou hast a devil; 
who seeketh to kill thee ?" 

Jesus answered, and said to them: "One work I have 
done ; and you all wonder : therefore, Moses gave you circum- 
cision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) ; and on 
the Sabbath day you circumcise a man. If a man receive cir- 
cumcision on the Sabbath day, that the law of Moses may 
not be broken ; are you angry at me because I have healed the 
whole man on the Sabbath day ? Judge not according to the 
appearance, but judge just judgment. " 

Some therefore of Jerusalem said : ' Ts not this he whom 
they seek to kill ? And behold, he speaketh openly and, they 
say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, 
that this is the Christ ? But we know this man, whence he is: 
but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. " 

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying 
1 ' You both know me, and you know whence I am : and I am 
not come of myself ; but he that sent me, is true, whom you 
know not. I know him, because I am from him, and he hath 
sent me." 

They sought therefore to apprehend him : and no man laid 
hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. But of 
the people many believed in him, and said: "When the 



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Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these which 
this man doth?" 

The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things 
concerning him; and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers 
to apprehend him. Jesus therefore said to them: "Yet a 
little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent 
me. You shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I 
am, thither you cannot come." 

The Jews therefore said among themselves: "Whither 
will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the 
dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? 
What is this saying that he hath said : 'You shall seek me, 
and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.'" 

And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood 
and cried, saying: "If any man thirst, let him come to me, 
and drink. He that believeth in me, as the Scripture saith : 
Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. " 

Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, 
who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, 
because Jesus was not yet glorified. Of that multitude 
therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said : 
"This is the prophet indeed." Others said: "This is the 
Christ." But some said: "Doth the Christ come out of 
Galilee? Doth not the Scripture say: That Christ cometh 
of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where 
David was?" 

So there arose a dissension among the people because of 
him. And some of them would have apprehended him: 
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came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they 
said to them: "Why have you not brought him?" 

The ministers answered : ' 'Never did man speak like this 
man." 

The Pharisees therefore answered them: "Are you also 
seduced ? Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of 
the Pharisees? But this multitude, that knoweth not the 
law, are accursed." 

Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, 
who was one of them): "Doth our law judge any man, 
unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?" 

They answered, and said to him : 6 'Art thou also a Galilean 
Search the Scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a prophet 
riseth not." And every man returned to his own house. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



ND Jesus went unto Mount Olivet. And early in the 



A x morning he came again into the temple, and all the 
people came to him, and sitting down he taught them. And the 
scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in 
adultery: and they set her in the midst, and said to him: 
"Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 
Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such an one. 
But what sayest thou ? ' ' 

And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse 
him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his ringer 
on the ground. When therefore they continued asking him, 
he lifted up himself, and said to them: "He that is without 
sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. " 

And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. But 
they hearing this, went' out one by one, beginning at the 
eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing 
in the midst. Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: 
' Woman, where are they that accused thee ? Hath no man 
condemned thee ? " Who said : ' 'No man, Lord. " And Jesus 
said : ' 'Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no 
more." 

Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: "I am the 
light of the world; he that followeth me, walketh not in 
darkness, but shall have the light of life." 

The Pharisees therefore said to him: "Thou givest 
testimony of thyself : thy testimony is not true. " 




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Jesus answered, and said to them: "Although I give testi- 
mony of myself, my testimony is true : for I know whence I 
came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I came y . 
or whither I go. You judge according to the flesh: I judge 
not any man. And if I do judge, my judgment is truer 
because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 
And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men 
is true. I am one that give testimony of myself: and the 
Father that sent me giveth testimony of me. " 

They said therefore to him: "Where is thy Father ?" 

Jesus answered : "Neither me do you know, nor my Father : 
if you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also." 

These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the 
temple. And no man laid hands on him, because his hour 
was not yet come. Again therefore Jesus said to them: "I 
go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. 
Whither I go, you cannot come. " The Jews therefore said : 
"Will he kill himself, because he said: 'Whither I go, 
you cannot come , ?" 

And he said to them : ' 'You are from beneath, I am from 
above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. 
Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins. For 
if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin." 

They said therefore to him : 1 'Who art thou ?" 

Jesus said to them: "The beginning, who also speak 
unto you. Many things I have to speak and to judge of 
you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have 
heard of him, these same I speak in the world." And they 
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therefore said to them : i ' When you shall have lifted up the 
Son of man, then shall you know, that I am he, and that I 
do nothing of myself, but as the Father hath taught me, these 
things I speak : and he that sent me, is with me, and he hath 
not left me alone : for I do always the things that please him. " 

When he spoke these things, many believed in him. 
Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed him: "If you 
continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed. And 
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you 
free. ,, 

They answered him : 6 ' We are the seed of Abraham, and 
we have never been slaves to any man : how sayest thou : you 
shall be free?" Jesus answered them: "Amen, amen, I say 
unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of 
sin. Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever; 
but the son abideth for ever. If therefore the son shall 
make you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that 
you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill 
me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak 
that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the 
things that you have seen with your father. " 

They answered, and said to him : ' 'Abraham is our father.' ' 
Jesus saith to them: "If you be the children of Abraham, do 
the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a man 
who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of 
God. This Abraham did not. You do the works of your 
father." 

They said therefore to him: "We are not born of fornica- 
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Jesus therefore said to them: "If God were your Father, 
you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, 
and came, for I came not of myself, but he sent me: why do 
you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my 
word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of 
your father you will do. He was a murderer from the 
beginning, and he stood not in the truth, because truth is 
not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : 
for he is a liar, and the father thereof. But if I say the truth, 
you believe me not. Which of you shall convince me of sin ? 
If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me? He 
that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you 
hear them not, because you are not of God. " 

The Jews therefore answered, and said to him: "Do not 
we say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?"" 

Jesus answered: "I have not a devil: but I honour my 
Father, and you have dishonoured me. But I seek not my 
own glory; there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Amen, 
amen, I say to you : If any man keep my word, he shall not 
see death for ever." 

The Jews therefore said : ' 'Now we know that thou hast 
a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou 
sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death 
forever. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who 
is dead ? and the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou 
make thyself?" Jesus answered: "If I glorify myself, 
my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of 
whom you say that he is your God. And you have not known 
him, but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not. 



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I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know him, and do 
keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced that he 
might see my day: he saw it, and was glad." 

The Jews therefore said to him: "Thou art not yet fifty 
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?" 

Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, before 
Abraham was made I am. " 

They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus 
liid himself, and went out of the temple 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



A ND Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from 
^ *■ his birth : and his disciples asked him : ' 'Rabbi, who 
hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born 
blind ?*' 

Jesus answered: "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his 
parents ; but that the works of God should be made manifest 
in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, 
whilst it is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. 
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 

When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, 
and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay upon his 
eyes, and said to him: "Go wash in the pool of Siloe, which 
is interpreted, Sent." 

He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing. 
The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before 
that he was a beggar, said: "Is not this he that sat and 
begged?" 

Some said: "This is he." 

But others said: "No, but he is like him." But he said: 
"I am he." 

They said therefore to him: ' 'How were thy eyes opened ? " 

He answered: "That man that is called Jesus made the 
clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me: 'Go to the pool 
of Siloe, and wash.* And I went, I washed, and I see." 

And they said to him: "Where is he?'\jHe saith: "I 
know not." 



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They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees. 
Now it was the Sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and 
opened his eyes. Again therefore the Pharisees asked him, 
how he had received his sight. But he said to them: "He 
put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. " 

Some therefore of the Pharisees said : 1 'This man is not of 
God, who keepeth not the Sabbath." But others said; 
' 'How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles ?" And 
there was a division among them. They say therefore to the 
blind man again: "What sayest thou of him that hath 
opened thy eyes?" And he said: "He is a prophet." 

The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he 
had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called 
the parents of him that had received his sight, and asked 
them, saying : ' 'Is this your son, who you say was born blind ? 
How then doth he now see ?" 

His parents answered them, and said : 1 'We know that this 
is our son, and that he was born blind: but how he now 
seeth, we know not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we know 
not: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak for himself." 

These things his parents said, because they feared the 
Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, 
that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should 
be put out of the synagogue. Therefore did his parents say: 
' 'He is of age, ask himself. " They therefore called the man 
again that had been blind, and said to him: "Give glory to. 
God. We know that this man is a sinner." 

He said therefore to them: "If he be a sinner, I know 
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see." They said then to him: "What did he do to thee? 
How did he open thy eyes?" 

He answered them : ' 'I have told you already, and you have 
heard : why would you hear it again ? Will you also become 
his disciples ? ' ' 

They reviled him therefore, and said: "Be thou his 
disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses. We know that 
God spoke to Moses : but as to this man, we know not from 
whence he is." 

The man answered, and said to them: "Why, herein is 
a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, 
and he hath opened my eyes. Now we know that God doth 
not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God, and doth 
his will, him he heareth. From the beginning of the world 
it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes 
of one born blind. Unless this man were of God, he could 
not do anything." 

They answered, and said to him: ' 'Thou wast wholly born 
in sins, and dost thou teach us?" And they cast him out. 
Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had 
found him, he said to him: "Dost thou believe in the Son of 
God?" 

He answered, and said: "Who is he, Lord, that I may 
believe in him?" 

And Jesus said to him: "Thou hast both seen him; and 
it is he that talketh with thee." And he said: "I believe, 
Lord." And falling down, he adored him. And Jesus 
said: "For judgment I am come into this world; that they 
who see not, may see, and they who see, may become blind. " 



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And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard : 
and they said unto him: "Are we also blind?" 

Jesus said to them: "If you were blind, you should not 
have sin: but now you say: 'We see'. Your sin remaineth. 

Amen, amen, I say to you: He that enterethnot by 
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another 
way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in 
by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter 
openeth, and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his 
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he 
hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the 
sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But a stran- 
ger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not 
the voice of strangers. " This proverb Jesus spoke to them. 
But they understood not what he spoke to them. Jesus 
therefore said to them again : 1 ' Amen, amen, I say to you, 
I am the door of the sheep. All others, as many as have 
come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them 
not. I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved : and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find past- 
ures. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and 
to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have 
it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shep- 
herd giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling, and he that 
is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth : and the wolf 
catcheth, and scattereth the sheep. And the hireling 
flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the 
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mine know me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know 
the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep. And 
other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also 
must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be 
one fold and one shepherd. Therefore doth the Father 
love me : because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 
No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of 
myself, and I have power to lay it down : and I have power 
to take it up again. This commandment have I received 
of my Father." 

A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words. 
And many of them said : i 'He hath a devil, and is mad : why 
hear you him?" 

Others said: "These are not the words of one that hath 
a devil: can a devil open the eyes of the blind?" 

And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and 
it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon 's 
porch. 

The Jews therefore came around about him, and said 
to him: "How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? 
If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly." 

Jesus answered them: c T speak to you, and you believe 
not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they 
give testimony of me. But you do not believe, because you 
are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice: and I know 
them, and they follow me. And I give them life everlasting ; 
and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck 
them out of my hand. That which my Father hath given 
me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of 
the hand of my Father. I and the Father are one. " 



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The Jews then took up stones to stone him. Jesus an- 
swered them: 

' 'Many good works I have shewed you from my Father ; 
for which of those works do you stone me?" 

The Jews answered him: ' Tor a good work we stone thee 
not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, 
makest thyself God." 

Jesus answered them: "Is it not written in your law: 
/ said you are gods? If he calls them gods, to whom the 
word of God was spoken, and the Scripture cannot be broken, 
do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent 
into the world: 'Thou blasphemest : ' because I said, I am 
the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my Father, believe 
me not. But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe 
the works: that you may know and believe that the Father 
is in me, and I in the Father." 

They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out 
of their hands. And he went again beyond the Jordan, 
into that place where John was baptizing first ; and there he 
abode. And many resorted to him, and they said: "John 
indeed did no sign. But all things whatsoever John] said 
of this man, were true." 'And many believed in him. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A ND it came to pass, when the days of his assumption 
were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face 
to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers before his face ; 
and going, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to 
prepare for him. And they received him not, because his 
face was of one going to Jerusalem. And when his disciples 
James and John had seen this they said : 1 'Lord, wilt thou 
that we command fire to come down from heaven, and con- 
sume them?" 

And turning, he rebuked them, saying: "You know not 
of what spirit you are. The Son of man came not to 
destroy souls, but to save." 

And they went into another town. And it came to pass, 
as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: 
"I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest." 

Jesus said to him : ' 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of 
the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his 
head. " But he said to another : ' 'Follow me. " And he said : 
"Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father." 

And Jesus said to him: "Let the dead bury their dead: 
but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God. " 

And another said : ' 'I will follow thee, Lord ; but let me first 
take my leave of them that are at my house." 

Jesus said to him : ' 'No man putting his hand to the plough, 
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." 




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And after these things the Lord appointed also other 
seventy-two: and he'sent them two and two before his 
face into every city and place whither he himself was 
to come. And he said to them: "The harvest indeed 
is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye there- 
fore the Lord of the harvest, that he send labourers 
into his harvest. Go: Behold I send you as lambs 
among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; 
and salute no frian by the way. Into whatsoever house 
you enter, firsrsay: Peace be to this house. And if the son 
of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if 
not, it shall return to you. And in the same house, remain, 
eating and drinking such things as they have: for the 
labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to 
house. And into what city soever you enter, and they 
receive you, eat such things as are set before you. And 
heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom 
of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city 
you enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets 
thereof, say: Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth 
to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the 
kingdom of God is at hand. I say to you, it shall be more 
tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city. 

Woe to thee, Carozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida. For if 
in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that 
have been wrought in you, they would have done penance 
long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be 
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for 
you. And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto heav- 
en, thou shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you, 



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heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and 
he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." 

And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: "Lord, 
the devils also are subject to us in thy name." 

And he said to them: "I saw Satan like lightning falling 
from heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon 
serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the 
enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. But yet rejoice not in 
this, that spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice in this, 
that your names are written in heaven." 

In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and 
said : ' 'I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, 
because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and 
prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, 
for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. All things are deliv- 
ered to me by my Father; and no one knoweth who the Son 
is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and 
to whom the Son will reveal him." And turning to his 
disciples, he said: "Blessed are the eyes that see the things 
which you see. For I say to you, that many prophets and 
kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have 
not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and 
have not heard them. " 

And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and 
saying, "Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?" 

But he said to him : ' ' What is written in the law ? how 
readest thou?" 

He answering, said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

Ith thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all 



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thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as 
thyself." 

And he said to him: "Thou hast answered right: this do, 
and thou shalt live. " 

But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And 
who is my neighbour ?" 

And Jesus answering, said: "A certain man went down 
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who 
also stripped him, and having wounded him went away, 
leaving him half dead. And it chanced, that a certain 
priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by. 
In like manner also a Levile, when he was near the place and 
saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan being on his 
journey, came near him; and seeing him, was moved with 
compassion. And going up to him, bound up his wounds, 
pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own beast, 
brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next 
day he took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said : 
'Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over 
and above, I, at my return, will repay thee. ' Which of these 
three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell 
among the robbers ?" 

But he said: "He that shewed mercy to him." And Jesus 
said to him: "Go, and do thou in like manner." 

Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a 
certain town : and a certain woman named Martha, received 
him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who 
sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word. But Martha 
was busy about much serving. Who stood and said : ' 'Lord, 



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hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve ? 
Speak to her therefore, that she help me." 

And the Lord answering, said to her: "Martha, Martha, 
thou art careful, and art troubled about many things: but 
one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, 
which shall not be taken away from her. " 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



ND it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place 



± x praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to 
him : i 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his 
disciples. " 

And he said to them: "When you pray, say: Father, 
hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also 
forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not 
into temptation." 

And he said to them: "Which of you shall have a friend, and 
shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him:'Friend, lend 
me three loaves, because a friend of mine is come off his jour- 
ney to me, and I have not what to set before him. 'And he from 
within should answer, and say: 'Trouble me not, the door 
is now shut, and my children are with me, in bed ; I cannot 
rise and give thee.' Yet if he shall continue knocking, I 
say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because 
he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will 
rise, and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you: 
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: 
knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that 
asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him 
that knocketh, it shall be opened. And which of you, if 
he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone ? or a fish, 
will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall 




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ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If you then, 
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, 
how much more will your Father from heaven give the good 
Spirit to them that ask him?" 

And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him, 
that he would dine with him. And he going in sat down to 
eat. And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, 
why he was not washed before dinner. And the Lord said 
to him: ' 'Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the 
cup and of the platter ; but your inside is full of rapine and in- 
iquity. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without,, 
make also that which is within? But yet that which 
remaineth, give alms; and behold, all things are clean 
unto you. But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe 
mint and rue and every herb; and pass over judgment, 
and the charity of God. Now these things you ought 
to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe 
to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats 
in the synagogues, and salutations in the market place. 
Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not, 
and men that walk over are not aware." 

And one of the lawyers answering, said to him: ' 'Master, 
in saying these things, thou reproachest us also." 

But he said : 1 'Woe to you lawyers also, because you load 
men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you your- 
selves touch not the packs with one of your finger . 
Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: 
and your fathers killed them. Truly you bear witness that 
you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed 



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killed them, and you build their sepulchres. For this cause 
also the wisdom of God said : I will send to them prophets 
and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute. 
That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the 
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation. 
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, 
who was slain between the altar and the temple: Yea, 
I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. 
Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of 
knowledge: you yourselves have not entered in, and those 
that were entering in, you have hindered.' ' 

And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees 
and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to oppress 
his mouth about many things, lying in wait for him, and seek- 
ing to catch something from his mouth, that they might 
accuse him. 

And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they 
trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples ; 
"Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hy- 
pocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be re- 
vealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known. For what- 
soever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be publis- 
hed in the light and that which you have spoken in the ear 
in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops. And I 
say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the 
body, and after that have no more that they can do. 
But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, 
who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. 
Yea, I say to you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for 



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two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God ? 
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear 
not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. 
And I say to you, whosoever shall confess me before men, 
him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of 
God. But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied 
before the angels of God. And whosoever speaketh a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him 
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven. And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, 
and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or 
what you shall answer, or what you shall say; for the Holy 
Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say. 

And one of the multitude said to him: "Master, speak 
to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me." 

But he said to him: ' 'Man, who hath appointed me judge,, 
or divider, over you? ,, And he said to them: "Take heed, 
and beware of all covetousness ; for a man's life doth not 
consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth." 

And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: 1 'The land of a 
certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. And he 
thought within himself, saying: 'What shall I do, because I 
have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he 
said: 'This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and 
will build greater; and into them will I gather all things 
that are grown to me, and my goods. And I will say 
to my soul: 'Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for 
many years, take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer/ 
But God said to him: 'Thou fool, this night do they 



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require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things 
be which thou hast provided?' So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God." 

And he said to his disciples: ' therefore I say to you, be 
not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat ; nor for your 
body, what you shall put on. The life is more than the meat, 
and the body is more than the raiment. Consider the ravens, 
for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they 
storehouse nor barn, and God f eedeth them. How much 
are you more valuable than they? And which of you, by 
taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit ? If then 
ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you 
solicitous for the rest ? Consider the lilies, how they grow : 
they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not 
even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 
Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to-day in 
the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much 
more you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not you what you 
shall eat, or what you shall drink, and be not lifted up on 
high. For all these things do the nations of the world seek. 
But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things. 
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and 
all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little 
flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. 
Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves 
bags which grow not old ; a treasure in heaven which f aileth 
not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. 
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your 



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hands. And you yourselves like to men who wait for their 
lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. 
Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, 
shall find watching. Amen, I say to you, that he will gird 
himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will 
minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second 
watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed 
are those servants. But this know ye, that if the householder 
did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely 
watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. 
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the 
Son of man will come. " 

And Peter said to him: "Lord, dost thou speak this para- 
ble to us, or likewise to all?" 

And the Lord said : ' 'Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful 
and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to 
give them their measure of wheat in due season ? Blessed is 
that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find 
so doing. Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that 
he possesseth. But if that servant shall say in his heart: 
My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men 
servants and maid servants, and to eat and to drink and 
be drunk: the lord of that servant will come in the day that 
he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and 
shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with 
unbelievers. And that servant who knew the will of his 
lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his 
will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew 



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ont, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with 
few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him 
much shall be required : and to whom they have committed 
much, of him they will demand the more. 

I am come to cast fire on the earth: and what will I, but 
that it be kindled ? And I have a baptism wherewith I am 
to be baptized : and how am I straitened until it be accom- 
plished ? 

Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth ? I tell you 
no ; but separation. For there shall be from henceforth five 
in one house divided : three against two, and two against three. 
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son 
against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the 
daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her 
daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her 
mother-in-law." 

And he said also to the multitudes: "When you see a 
cloud risipg from the west, presently you say: 'A shower is 
coming :' and so it happeneth: and when ye see the south 
wind blow, you say : 'There will be heat and it cometh to 
pass. You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face 
of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not 
discern this time ? And why even of yourselves, do you not 
judge that which is just? And when thou goest with thy 
adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeav- 
our to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to 
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the 
exacter cast thee into prison. I say to thee, thou shalt not 
go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite." 



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And there were present, at that very time, some that 
told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. And he answering, said to 
them: "Think you that these Galileans were sinners above 
all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things ? 
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall 
all likewise perish. 

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, 
and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors 
above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem? No, I say to 
you : but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. " 

He spoke also this parable : ' i A certain man had a fig tree 
planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, 
and found none. And he said to the dresser of the vineyard : 
behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this 
fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore: why cum- 
bereth it the ground ? ' 

But he answering, said to him: 'Lord, let it alone this year 
also, until I dig about it, and dung it. And if happily it 
bear fruit : but if not, then after that thou shall cut it down,' ' ' 

And he was teaching in their synagogue on their Sabbath. 
And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity 
eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could 
she look upwards at all. Whom when Jesus saw, he 
called her unto him, and said to her: "Woman, thou art 
delivered from thy infirmity." 

And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was 
made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the 
synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath) 



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answering, said to the multitude : ' 'Six days there are wherein 
you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed ; 
and not on the Sabbath day." 
And the Lord answering him, said:"Ye hypocrites, doth not 
every one of you, on the Sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass 
from the manger, and lead them to water ? And ought not 
this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, 
these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath 
day?" 

And when he said these things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed, and all the people rejoiced for all the things that 
were gloriously done by him. 

And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and 
making his journey to Jerusalem. And a certain man said 
to him: "Lord, are they few that are saved?" 

But he said to them: "Strive to enter by the narrow gate; 
for many I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be 
able. But when the master of the house shall be gone in, 
and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and 
knock at the door, saying: 'Lord, open to us.' And he answer- 
ing shall say to you : ' 1 know you not, whence you are.' Then 
you shall begin to say: 'We have eaten and drunk in thy 
presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.' And he shall 
say to you: 'I know you not, whence you are: depart from 
me, all ye workers of iniquity.' There shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac 
and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, 
and you yourselves thrust out. And there shall come from 
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sit down in the kingdom of God. And behold, they are last 
that shall be first, and they are first that shall be last." 

The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to 
him: "Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to 
kill thee." 

And he said to them: "Go and tell that fox, behold, I cast 
out devils, and do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the 
third day I am consummated. Nevertheless I must walk 
to-day and to-morrow, and the day following, because it 
cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and 
stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have 
gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her 
wings, and thou wouldst not? Behold your house shall 
be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall 
not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



A ND it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house 
of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the Sabbath 
day, to eat bread, that they watched him. And behold, 
there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy. 

And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, 
saying: "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" 

But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed 
him, and sent him away. And answering them, he said: 
"Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, 
and will not immediately draw him out, on the Sabbath day ?" 

And they could not answer him to these things. And he 
spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking 
how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: 
"When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first 
place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited 
by him: and he that invited thee and him, come and say to 
thee: 'Give this man place/ and then thou begin with shame 
to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, go, sit 
down, in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee 
cometh, he may say to thee: 'Friend, go up higher.' Then 
shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee. 
Because everyone that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; 
and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted." 

And he said to him also that had invited him: "When 
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thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are 
rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recom- 
pense be made to thee. But when thou makest a feast, call 
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind; and thou 
shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make 
thee recompense : for recompense shall be made thee at the 
resurrection of the just." 

When one of them that set at table with him. had heard 
these things, he said to him: "Blessed is he that shall eat 
bread in the kingdom of God. " 

But he said to him: " A certain man made a great supper, 
and invited many. And he sent his servant at the hour of 
supper to say to them that were invited, that they should 
come, for now all things are ready. And they began all at 
once to make excuse. The first said to him: 'I have bought 
a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, 
hold me excused.' And another said : T have bought five 
yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me 
excused.' And another said: T have married a wife, and 
therefore I cannot come. And the servant returning, told 
these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, 
being angry, said to his servant: c Go out quickly into the streets 
and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the 
feeble, and the blind, and the lame.' And the servant said: 
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is 
room.' And the Lord said to the servant: 'Go out into the 
highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my 
house may be filled. But as I say unto you, that none of 
those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.' " 



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And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, 
he said to them: "If any man come to me, and hate not his 
father, and mother, and sisters, yea and his own life also, 
he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not carry 
his cross and. come after me, cannot be my disciple. For 
which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first 
sit down, and' reckon the charges that are necessary, whether 
he have wherewithal to finish it ; lest, after he hath laid the 
foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin 
to mock him, saying: This man began to build, and was not 
able to finish. Or what king, about to go to make war 
against, another king, doth not first sit down, and think 
whether he be able, with ten thousand to meet him that 
with twenty thousand, cometh against him? Or else, whilst 
the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth 
conditions of peace. So likewise every one of you that doth 
not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple. 
Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, where- 
with shall it be seasoned ? It is neither profitable for the 
land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that 
hath ears to hear, let him hear." 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



VTOW the publicans and sinners drew near unto him 
* ^ to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes mur- 
mured, saying: "This man receiveth sinners, and eateth 
with them." 

And he spoke to them this parable, saying: "What man 
of you that hath an hundred sheep : and if he shall lose one 
of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, 
and go after that which was lost, until he find it? And 
when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing: 
and coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, 
saying: 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep 
that was lost . ' I say to you, that even so there shall be joy 
in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than 
upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or what 
woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat doth not 
light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently, until 
she find it ? And when she hath found it, call together her 
friends and neighbours, saying: 'Rejoice with me, because I 
have found the groat which I had lost.' So I say to you, 
there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner 
doing penance." 

And he said: "A certain man had two sons; and the 
younger of them said to his father: ' Father, give me the por- 
tion of substance that falleth to me. ' And he divided unto 
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And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all 
together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted 
his substance living riotously. And after he had spent all, 
there came a mighty famine in that country, and he began 
to be in want. And he went, and cleaved to one of the citi- 
zens of that country. And he sent him into his farm 
to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with 
the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 

And returning to himself, he said: 'How many hired ser- 
vants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here 
perish with hunger ? I will arise and go to my father, and say 
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee : I am not worthy to be called thy son, make me as one 
of thy hired servants. ' And rising up he came to his father. 

And when he was a great way off, his father saw him, and 
was moved with compassion, and running to him, fell upon 
his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him: 1 Father, 
I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now 
worthy to be called thy son.' And the father said to the 
servants: 'Bring forth quickly the first robe and put it on 
him, and put a ring on his hand , and shoes on his feet : And 
bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and 
make merry: Because this my son was dead, and is come 
to life again: was lost and is found.' And they began to be 
merry. 

Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and 
drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing: and 
he called one of the servants, and asked what these things 
meant. And he said to him: 'Thy brother is come, and 



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thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath re- 
ceived him safe. ' And he was angry, and would not go in. 
His father therefore coming out began to entreat, him. And 
he answering, said to his father: 'Behold, for so many years 
do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy command- 
ment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make 
merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son is come, 
who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast 
killed for him the fatted calf. ' 

But he said to him: 'Son, thou art always with me, and 
all I have is thine. But it was fit that we should make 
merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and is 
come to life again: he was lost, and is found. ' " 

And he said also to his disciples: ' 'There was a certain rich 
man who had a steward and the same was accused unto 
him, that he had wasted his goods. And he called him: 
and said to him : 'How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an 
account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no 
longer." And the steward said within himself : 'What shall I 
do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship ? 
To dig I am not able ; to beg I am ashamed. I know what I 
will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, 
they may receive me into their houses.' Therefore calling 
together everyone of his lord's debtors, he said to the first : 
'How much dost thou owe my lord ?' And he said : ' An 
hundred barrels of oil.' And he said to him: 'Take thy bill 
and sit down quickly, and write fifty.' Then he said to another 
'And how much dost thou owe ?' Who said : 'An hundred 
quarters of wheat.' He said to him: 'Take thy bill and write 



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eighty.' And the lord commended the unjust steward, 
for as much as he had done wisely: for the children of this 
world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. 

And I say to you : Make unto you friends of the mammon 
of iniquity, that when you shall fail they may receive you 
into everlasting dwellings. He that is faithful in that which 
is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that 
is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is 
greater. If then you have not been faithful in the unjust 
mammon ; who will trust you with that which is the true ? 
And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's; 
who will give you that which is your own ? No servant can 
serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love 
the other: or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. 
You cannot serve God and mammon. ' ' 

Now the Pharisees who were covetous, heard all these 
things: and they derided him. And he said to them: "You 
are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth 
your hearts ; for that which is high to men, is an abomination 
before God. The law and the prophets were until John; 
from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every- 
one useth violence towards it. And it is easier for heaven 
and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall. Every- 
one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another com- 
mitteth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away 
from her husband, committeth adultery. 

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple 
and fine linen: and feasted sumptuously every day. And 
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gate, full of sores, desiring to be filled with the crumbs that 
fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him: 
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came 
to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the Angels 
into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and 
he was buried in hell. And lifting up his eyes when he was 
in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his 
bosom: And he cried and said: 'Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of 
his ringer in water, to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in 
this flame.' And Abraham said to him: 'Son, remember 
that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and like- 
wise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted and thou 
art tormented. And besides all this between us and you there 
is fixed a great chaos ; so that they who would pass from hence 
to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.' And he said : 
'Then father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my 
father's house for I have five brethren. That he may testify un- 
to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.' And 
Abraham said to him: 'They have Moses and the prophets; 
let them hear them.' But he said: 'No, father Abraham, 
but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.' 
And he said to him : ' If they hear not Mcses and the prophets, 
neither will they believe if one rise again from the dead.' " 
And he said to his disciples: "It is impossible that scandals 
should not come: but woe to him through whom they come. 
It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scan 
dalize .one of these little ones. 



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Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, 
reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. And if he 
sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a 
day be converted unto thee, saying: 'I repent;' forgive him." 

And the apostles said to the Lord: ' increase our faith." 
And the Lord said : ' 'If you had faith like to a grain of mus- 
tard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree: 'Be thou 
rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea:' and it 
would obey you. 

But which of you having a servant plowing or feeding 
cattle, will say to him when he is come from the field : 'Imme- 
diately go, sit down to meat:' and will not rather say to him: 
'Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me 
whilst I eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and 
drink.' Doth he thank that servant, for doing these things 
which he commanded him? I think not. So you also, 
when you shall have done all these things that are com- 
manded you, say: 'We are unprofitable servants; we have 
done that which we ought to do. ' " 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



ND it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, 



1 * he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 
And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten 
men that were lepers, who stood afar off; and lifted up their 
voice, saying: ' 'Jesus, Master have mercy on us." Whom 
when he saw, he said: " Go, shew yourselves to the priests. " 
And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. 
And one of them when he saw that he was made clean, went 
back, with a loud voice glorifying God, and he fell on his 
face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan. 
And Jesus answering, said: "Were not ten made clean? 
and where are the nine ? There is no one found to return to 
give glory to God, but this stranger." And he said to him: 
' 'Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole." 

And being asked by the Pharisees: "When the kingdom 
of God should come?" He answered them and said: "The 
kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither 
shall they say 'Behold here, or behold there.' For lo, the 
kingdom of God is within you. " And he said to his disciples : 
4 'The day will come when you shall desire to see one day of 
the Son of man; and you shall not see it. And they will say 
to you : 'See here, and see there.' Go ye not after, nor follow 
them: for as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven,, 
shineth unto the parts that are under heaven: so shall the 
Son of man be in his day. But first he must suffer many 




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things and be rejected by this generation. And as it came 
to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be in the days of the 
Son of man. 

They did eat and drink, they married wives and were 
given in marriage, until the day that Noe ertered into the 
ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise 
as it came to pass in the days of Lot : They did eat and drink, 
they bought and sold, they planted and built. 

And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained 
fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall 
be revealed. In that hour he that shall be on the house-top, 
and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take 
them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner 
let him not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoso- 
ever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever 
shall lose it, shall preserve it. I say to you : in that night 
there shall be two men in one bed: the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. Two women shall be grinding together; 
the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left : two men 
shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other 
shall be left. " They answering say to him : * 'Where, Lord ? " 
Who said to them: * 'Wheresoever the body shall be, thither 
will the eagles also be gathered together.' ' 

And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always 
to pray, and not to faint. Saying: "There was a judge in 
a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man. And 
there was a certain widow in that city and she came to him, 
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And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he 
said within himself: 'Although I fear not God, nor regard 
man, yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will 
avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.' And the 
Lord said: 'Hear what the unjust judge satin.' And will not 
God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night : and 
will he have patience in their regard ? I say to you that he 
will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man when 
he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?" 

And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and 
despised others, he spoke also this parable : 

"Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a 
Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee standing 
prayed thus within himself: 'O God, I give thee thanks that 
I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, 
as also is this publican. I fast twice in a week; I give tithes 
of all I possess. 7 And the publican standing afar of! would not 
so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his 
breast, saying: 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner/ I say 
to you, this man went down into his house justified rather 
than the other: because everyone that exalteth himself, 
shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be 
exalted." 

And the Pharisees coming to him asked him: "Is it lawful 
for a man to put away his wife?" tempting him. But he 
answering, saith to them : ' 'What did Moses command you ? ' ' 
Who said : "Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and 
to put her away." 

To whom Jesus answering said : ' 'Because of the hardness 



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of your heart he mote you that precept. But from the be- 
ginning of creation, God made them male and female* 
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother ; and 
shall cleave to his wife. And they two shall be in one flesh. 
Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. " 
And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning 
the same thing. And He saith to them: " Whosoever shall 
put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery 
against her. And if the wife shall put away her husband, 
and be married to another, she committeth adultery." 

And they brought to him young children, that he might 
touch them. And the disciples rebuked those that brought 
them. Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, 
and saith to them: "Suffer the little children to come 
unto me, and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom 
of God. Amen, I say to you, whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into 
it." And embracing them, and laying his hands upon 
them, he blessed them. 

And behold one came and said to Him: "Good Master, 
what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?" 
Who said to him: "Why askest thou me concerning good? 
One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the 
commandments." He said to him: "Which?" And Jesus 
said: "Thou shalt do no murder. Thou shalt not commit 
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false 
witness. Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou 
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saith to him: "All these have I kept from my youth, what[is 
yet wanting to me ? " Jesus saith to him : ' 'If thou wilt be per- 
fect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me." And 
when the young man had heard this word, he went away 
sad : for he had great possessions. 

Then Jesus said to his disciples : "Amen, I say to you, that 
a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
And again I say to you : It is easier for a camel to pass through 
an eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of heaven." And when they had heard this, the 
disciples wondered very much, saying: "Who then can be 
saved?'' And Jesus beholding said to them: "With men 
this is impossible: but with God all things are possible." 

Then Peter answering, said to him: "Behold we have 
left all things, and followed thee: what therefore shall we 
have ?" And Jesus said to them: ' 'Amen, I say to you, that 
you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the 
Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall 
sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And 
every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or 
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's 
sake; shall receive an hundred fold, and shall possess life 
everlasting. And many that are first shall be last: and the 
last shall be first. 

The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who 
went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his 
vineyard. And having agreed with the labourers for a 
penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out 



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•about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market 
place idle; and he said to them: 6 Go you also into my vine- 
yard, and I will give you what shall be just.' And they 
went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and 
the ninth hour: and did in like manner. But about the 
eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he 
saith to them: ' Why stand you here all the day idle ? ' They 
say to him: ' Because no man hath hired us.' He saith to 
them: 'Go ye also into my vineyard. ' 

And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard 
saith to his steward: 'Call the labourers and pay them their 
hire, beginning from the last even to the first. ' When there- 
fore they were come that came about the eleventh hour, they 
received every man a penny. But when the first also came, 
they thought they should receive more : and they also re- 
ceived every man a penny. And receiving it they murmured 
against the master of the house, saying : 'These last have 
worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to 
us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.' 
But he answering said to one of them: 'Friend I do thee no 
wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? Take 
what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last 
even as to thee. Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I 
will ? is thy eye evil, because I am good ?' So shall the last 
be first, and the first last, for many are called, but few 
chosen." 



CHAPTER XXX. 



"^JOW there was a certain man sick named Lazarus, 
^ of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her 
sister. (And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with 
ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother 
Lazarus was sick.) His sisters therefore sent to him, saying : 
"Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick." And Jesus 
hearing it, said to them: "This sickness is not unto death, 
but for the glory of God : that the Son of God may be glo- 
rified by it." Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister 
Mary, and Lazarus. 

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still 
remained in the same place two days : Then after that he 
said to his disciples: "Let us go into Judea again." The 
disciples say to him: "Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to 
stone thee : and goest thou thither again ? " Jesus answered : 
' 'Are there not twelve hours of the day ? If a man walk in 
the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this 
world : But if he walk in the night he stumbleth, because 
the light is not in him." These things he said: and 
after that he said to them: "Lazarus our friend sleepeth; 
but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. " His disciples 
therefore said: "Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well." But 
Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke 
of the repose of sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them 
plainly: "Lazarus is dead; and I am glad for your sakes, 



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that I was not there, that you may believe : but let us go to 
him." Thomas, therefore, who is called Didymus, said to 
his fellow disciples : ' 'Let us also go, that we may die with him. 

Jesus therefore came and found that he had been four days 
already in the grave. (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, 
about fifteen furlongs off.) And many of the Jews were 
come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning 
their brother. Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that 
Jesus was come, went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. 
Martha therefore said to Jesus : ' 'Lord, if thou hadstbeen 
here, my brother had not died. But now also I know that 
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee." 
Jesus saith to her: ' 'Thy brother shall rise again. " Martha 
saith to him: ' 'I know that he shall rise again in the resurrec- 
tion at the last day. " Jesus said to her : ' 'I am the resurrec- 
tion and the life: he that believeth in me although he be 
dead, shall live: and everyone that liveth, and believeth in 
me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?" She saith 
to him : ' 'Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the 
Son of the living God, who art come into this world." 

And when she had said these things, she went, and called 
her sister Mary secretly, saying: "The Master is come and 
calleth for thee. " She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quick- 
ly and cometh to him. For Jesus was not yet come into the 
town; but he was still in that place where Martha had met 
him. The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and 
comforted her, wher they saw Mary that she rose up speed- 
ily and went out, followed her, saying: "She goeth to the 
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where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and 
saith to him: "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother 
had not died." Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, 
and the Jews that were come with her, weepifig, groaned 
in the spirit, and troubled himself, and said: "Where have 
you laid him?" They say to him: "Lord, come and see. M 
And Jesus wept. The Jews therefore said : 1 'Behold how he 
loved him." But some of them said: "Could not he that 
opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused that 
this man should not die?" 

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the 
sepulchre: Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over it. 
Jesus saith: "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister 
of him that was dead, saith to him: "Lord, by this time he 
stinketh, for he is now of four days." Jesus saith to her: 
"Did I not say to thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see 
the glory of God?" They took therefore the stone away. 
And Jesus lifting up his eyes said : * 'Father, I give thee 
thanks that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou 
hearest me always, but because of the people who stand 
about have I said it ; that they may believe that thou hast 
sent me." When he had said these things, he cried with 
a loud voice: "Lazarus, come forth." And presently he 
that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with 
winding bands, and his face was bound about with a napkin. 
Jesus said to them: "Loose him and let him go." 

Many therefore of the Jews who were come to Mary and 
Martha, and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed 
in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told 
them the things, that Jesus had done. 



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The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a 
council, and said: "What do we, for this man doth many 
miracles ? If we let him alone so all will believe in him, and the 
Romans will come, and take away our place and nation." But 
one of them named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, 
said to them : ' 1 You know nothing. Neither do you consider 
that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the 
people, and that the whole nation perish not." And this 
he spoke not of himself ; but being the high priest of that 
year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. 
And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the 
children of God, that were dispersed. From that day there- 
fore they devised to put him to death. 

Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, 
but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that 
is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his disciples. 
And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the 
country went up to Jerusalem before the pasch, to purify 
themselves. They sought therefore for Jesus; and they 
discoursed one with another, standing in the temple : ' i What 
think you, that he is not come to the festival day?" And the 
chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, 
that if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they 
might apprehend him. 

Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them. 
"Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be 
accomplished which were written by the prophets concern- 
ing the Son of man. For he shall be delivered to the Gen- 
tiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon. 



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And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death ; 
and the third day he shall rise again. " And they understood 
none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and 
they understood not the things that were said. 

And James and John the sons of Zebedee, come to him, 
saying: "Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, 
thou wouldst do it for us." But he said to them: "What 
would you that I should do for you?" 

And they said: "Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy 
right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory." 
And Jesus said to them: "You know not what you ask. 
Can you drink of the chalice that I drink of: or be baptized 
with the baptism wherewith I am baptized?" But they 
said to him: "We can." And Jesus saith to them: "You 
shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of: and with 
the baptism wherewith I am baptized, you shall be baptized. 
But to sit on my right hand, or on my left, is not mine to 
give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared. " 

And the ten hearing it, began to be much displeased at 
James and John. But Jesus calling them, saith to them: 
' ' You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles, 
lord it over them and their princes have power over them. 
But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater, 
shall be your minister. 

And whosoever will be first among you, shall be the ser- 
vant of all. For the Son of man also is not come to be min- 
istered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemp- 
tion for many." 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



^TOW it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, 
that a certain blind man sat by the wayside, begging. 
And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked 
what this meant. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth 
was passing by. And he cried out, saying: " Jesus, son of 
David, have mercy on me." And they that went before, 
rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried 
out much more: "Son of David, have mercy on me." And 
Jesus standing commanded him to be brought unto him. 
And when he was come near, he asked him, saying : 6 ' What 
wilt thou that I do to thee?" But he said: "Lord, that I 
may see." And Jesus said to him: "Receive thy sight; thy 
faith hath made thee whole. " And immediately he saw, and 
followed him, glorifying God. And all the people when they 
saw it, gave praise to God. 

And entering in, he walked through Jericho. And behold 
there was a man named Zacheus who was the chief of the 
publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who 
he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low 
of stature. And running before, he climbed up into a syc- 
amore tree that he might see him: for he was to pass that 
way. And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, 
he saw him, and said to him: "Zacheus, make haste and 
come down: for this day I must abide in thy house." And 
he made haste and came down, and received him with joy. 



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And when all saw it, they murmured, saying that he was 
gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner. But 
Zacheus standing said to the Lord: ' 'Behold, Lord, the half 
of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have wronged any 
man of anything, I restore him four-fold." Jesus said to 
him. ' 'This day is salvation come to this house : because he 
also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to 
seek and to save that which was lost. " 

As they were hearing these things he added and spoke a 
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem: and because they 
thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be 
manifested. He said therefore: "A certain nobleman went 
into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to re- 
turn. J And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, 
and said to them . 'Trade till I come. ' But his citizens hated 
him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: 'We will 
not have this man to reign over us. ' And it came to pass that 
he returned, having received the kingdom: and he command- 
ed his servants, to be called to whom he had given the money, 
that he might know how much every man had gained by trad- 
ing. And the first came, saying: 'Lord, thy pound hath gained 
ten pounds.' And he said to him: 'Well done, thou good 
servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou 
shalt have power over ten cities.' And the second came, 
saying: 'Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.' And 
he said to him: 'Be thou also over five cities.' And another 
came, saying: 'Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I 
have kept laid up in a napkin : For I feared thee, because thou 
art an austere man, thou takest up what thou didst not lay 



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down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. ' He 
saith to him: 'Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou 
wicked servant; thou knewest that I was an austere man, 
taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did 
not sow: and why then didst thou not give my money into the 
bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury ? 
And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from 
him, and give to him that hath the ten pounds. ' And they 
said to him: 'Lord, he hath ten pounds.' But I say to you, 
that to everyone that hath shall be given and he shall abound, 
and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall 
be taken from him. But as for those my enemies, who 
would not have me reign over them, bring them hither: 
and kill them before me.' " 

And having said these things, he went before going up 
to Jerusalem. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



ND when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of 



•*■ Simon the leper, there came to him a woman having 
an alabaster-box of precious ointment, and poured it on his 
head as he was at table. And the disciples seeing it, had 
indignation, saying: "To what purpose is this waste? For 
this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor." 
And Jesus knowing it, said to them: ' t Why do you trouble this 
woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For 
the poor you have always with you: but me you have not 
always. For she in pouring this ointment upon my 
body, hath done it for my burial. Amen, I say to you, 
wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, 
that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memory 
of her." 

And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Beth- 
phage and Bethania unto the mount called Olivet, he sent 
two of his disciples, saying: "Go into the town which is 
over against you, at your entering into which, you shall find 
the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: 
loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man shall ask 
you : ' Why do you loose him ?' you shall say thus unto him : 
' Because the Lord hath need of his sendee. 1 7 ' 

And they that were sent went their way, and found the 
colt standing as he had said unto them. And as they were 
loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: "Why 




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loose you the colt?" But they said: "Because the Lord 
hath need of him." And they brought him to Jesus. And 
casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon. 
And as he went they spread their clothes underneath in the 
way. And when he was now coming near the descent of 
Mount Olivet, the w T hole multitude of his disciples began 
with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty 
works they had seen. Saying: "Blessed be the king who 
cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory 
on high." 

And some of the Pharisees from amongst the multitude 
said to him: "Master, rebuke thy disciples." To whom he 
said: "I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the 
stones will cry out. " And when he drew near, seeing the city, 
He wept over it, saying: "If thou also hadst known, and 
that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but 
now they are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall 
come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about 
thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every 
^ide. And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children 
who are in thee : and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon 
a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy 
visitation." 

And in the morning returning into the city he was hungry. 
And seeing a certain fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, 
and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he said to it : 
"May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever." And 
immediately the fig tree withered away. 

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into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold and 
bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the 
money-changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves. 
And he suffered not that any man should carry a vessel 
through the temple: And he taught, saying to them: "Is it 
not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer to 
all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves. " Which 
when the chief priests and the scribes had heard, they sought 
how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because 
the whole multitude was in admiration at his doctrine. 
And when evening was come, he went forth out of the city. 

And when they passed by in the morning, they saw the 
fig-tree dried up from the roots. And Peter rememberings 
said to him: "Rabbi, behold the fig-tree, which thou didst 
curse, is withered away." And Jesus answering saith to 
them : ' 'Have the faith of God. Amen, I say to you, that 
whosoever shall say to this mountain, 'Be thou removed 
and be cast into the sea,' and shall not stagger in his heart f 
but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done: it 
shall be done unto him. Therefore I say unto you, all 
things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you 
shall receive: and they shall come unto you. And when 
you shall stand to pray : forgive, if you have aught against 
any man; that your Father also, who is in heaven, may 
forgive you your sins. But if you will not forgive, neither 
will your Father that is in heaven, forgive you your sins." 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



ND it came to pass on one of the days, as he was 



Jk i * teaching the people in the temple and preaching 
the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the ancients 
met together. And spoke to him, saying: "Tell us, by 
what authority dost thou do these things? or: Who is he 
that hath given thee this authority ?" And Jesus answering, 
said to them: "I will also ask you one thing. Answer me: 
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?" 
But they thought within themselves, saying : If we shall say, 
'From heaven/ he will say: £ Why then did you not believe 
him?' But if we say, c Of men,' the whole people will stone 
us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. 

And they answered that they knew not whence it was. 
And Jesus said to them: "Neither do I tell you by what 
authority I do these things. 

But what think you? A certain man had two sons, and 
coming to the first, he said: 'Son, go work to-day in my 
Tineyard.' And he answering, said: 'I will not.' 

But afterwards, being moved to repentance, he went. 
And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he 
answering, said: 'I go, Sir,' and he went not: Which of the 
two did the father's will?" They say to him: "The first.' ' 
Jesus said to them: "Amen, I say to you, that the publicans 
and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before 
you. For John came to you in the way of justice and you 




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did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots 
believed him: but you seeing it, did not even afterwards 
repent, that you might believe him. 

Hear ye another parable : There was a man a householder 
who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, 
and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to hus- 
bandmen : and went into a strange country. And when the 
time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the 
husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. 
And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat 
one, and killed another, and stoned another. 

Again he sent other servants more than the former: and 
they did to them in like manner. And last of all he sent to 
them his son, saying: 'They will reverence my son.' But 
the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: 
' This is the heir, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheri - 
tance. ' And taking him they cast him forth out of the vine- 
yard, and killed him. When therefore the lord of the vine- 
yard shall come, what will he do to these husbandmen ?" 

They say to him : ' 'He will bring those evil men to an 
evil end : and will let out his vineyard to other husband- 
men, that shall render him the fruit in due season." Jesus 
saith to them: "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become 
the head of the corner? 

By the Lord this has been done, and it is wonderful in 
our eyes. Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God 
shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yield- 
ing the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this 



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stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever, it shall fall, 
it shall grind him to powder." 

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his 
parables, they knew that he spoke of them. And seeking 
to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because 
they held him as a prophet. 

And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, 
saying: "The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who 
made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants, to call 
them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not 
come. Again he sent other servants, saying: 'Tell them 
that were invited: Behold, I have prepared my dinner: 
my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: 
come ye to the marriage. ' But they neglected and went 
their ways, one to his farm and another to his merchandise. 
And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated 
them contumeliously put them to death. 

But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and send- 
ing his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt 
their city. Then he saith to his servants: 'The marriage 
indeed is ready: but they that were invited, were not worthy. 
Go ye therefore into the highways: and as many as you shall 
find, call to the marriage. ' And his servants going forth into 
the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad 
and good: and the marriage was filled with guests. 

And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there 
a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to 
him: 'Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having on a 
wedding garment?' But he was silent. Then the king said 



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to the waiters : ' Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into 
the exterior darkness:' there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen." 

Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves 
how to ensnare him in his speech. And they sent to him 
their disciples with the Herodians, saying: "Master, we 
know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way 
of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou 
dost not regard the person of men. Tell us therefore what 
dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not ?" 
But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: "Why do you 
tempt me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the coin of the tribute." 
And they offered him a penny. And Jesus saith to them: 
"Whose image and inscription is this?" They say to him, 
"Caesar's." Then he saith to them: "Render therefore to 
Caesar the things that are Caesar's: and to God, the things 
that are God's." And hearing this, they wondered, and 
leaving him went their ways. 

That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there 
is no resurrection: and asked him, saying: "Master, Moses 
said, if a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his 
wife, and raise up issue to his brother. Now there were 
with us seven brethren : and the first having married a wife^ 
died ; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. In- 
like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the 
seventh. And last of all the woman died also. At the resur- 
rection therefore whose wife of the the seven shall she be? 
for they all had her." And Jesus answering, said to them: 
"You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of 



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God. For in the resurrection they shall neither marry 
nor be married: but shall be as the angels of God in heaven. 
And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you 
not read that which was spoken by God saying to you: 
I\am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the 
God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the 
living." And the multitudes hearing it, were in admira- 
tion at his doctrine. 

And there came one of the scribes that had heard them 
reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them 
well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. 
And Jesus answered him : ' 'The first commandment of all is : 
Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole 
soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. 

This is the first commandment. And the second is like 
to it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There 
is no other commandment greater than these." And the 
scribe said to him: "Well, Master, thou hast said in truth 
that there is one God, and there is no other besides him. 
And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and 
with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, 
and with the whole strength: and to love one's neighbour 
as oneself, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacri- 
fices." And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, 
said to him: "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." 
And no ^man after that durst ask him any question. 

And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple: 
"How do the scribes say, that Christ is the son of David? 



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For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord 
said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand until I make thy 
enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him 
Lord, and whence is he then his son?" And a great mul- 
titude heard him gladly. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



npHEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his 
disciples, saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees 
have sitten on the chair of Moses. All things therefore 
whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but ac- 
cording to their works do ye not : for they say, and do not. 
For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens: and 
lay them on men's shoulders: but with a finger of their 
own they will not move them. 

And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For 
they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their 
fringes. And they love the first places at feasts, and the first 
chairs in the synagogues, and salutations in the market- 
place, and to be called by men, Rabbi. But be not you 
called Rabbi. For one is your Master, and all you are 
brethren. And call none your father, upon earth: for one 
is your Father, who is in heaven. Neither be ye called 
masters: for one is your master, Christ. He that is the 
greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoso- 
ever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled: and he that 
humble himself shall be exalted. 

But wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 
you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you 
yourselves do not enter in, and those that are going in, 
you suffer not to enter. 

Wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 



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you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. 
For this you shall receive the greater judgment. 

Wo to you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: because 
you go round about the sea and the land to make one prose- 
lyte: and when he is made, you make him the child of 
hell twofold more than yourselves. 

Wo to you blind guides, that say: whosoever shall swear 
by the temple, it is nothing: but he that shall swear by the 
gold of the temple is a debtor. Ye foolish and blind: for 
whether is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifieth 
the gold? And whosoever shall swear by the altar it is 
nothing : but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon 
it, is a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, 
or the altar, that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that 
sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things 
that are upon it : and whosoever shall swear by the tem- 
ple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it, and he 
that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, 
and by him that sitteth thereon. 

Wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 
you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin and have left the 
weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and 
faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to 
leave those undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat 
and swallow a camel. 

Wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 
you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish: 
but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness. Thou 
blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and 
of the dish, that the outside may become clean. 



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Wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 
you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear 
to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, 
and of all filthiness. So you also outwardly indeed, ap- 
pear to men just: but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. 

Wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that build 
the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the monuments 
of the just. And say: 'If we had been in the days of our 
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in 
the blood of the prophets.' Wherefore you are witnesses 
against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed 
the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 

You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee 
from the judgment of hell? Therefore behold I send to 
you prophets, and wise men and scribes: and some of them 
you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge 
in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: That 
upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed 
upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto 
the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom you 
killed between the temple and the altar. Amen, I say to 
you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets 
and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would 
I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth 
gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldst 
not? Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate. 
For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you 



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say: 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'" 
And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld 
how the people cast money into the treasury, and many 
that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain 
poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a 
farthing. And calling his disciples together, he saith to 
them: "Amen, I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in 
more than all they who have cast into the treasury. For 
all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want 
cast in all she had, even her whole living. " 

And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned 
with goodly stones and gifts, he said : * ' These things which 
you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left 
a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down." And 
they asked him, saying: "Master, when shall these things 
be; and what shall be the sign when they shall begin to 
come to pass?" 

Who said: "Take heed you be not seduced; for many 
will come in my name saying, 'I am he:' and the time is 
at hand: go ye not therefore after them. And when you 
shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified: these 
things must first come to pass, but the end is not yet pres- 
ently." Then he said to them: "Nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be 
great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences and fam- 
ines, and terrors from heaven, and there shall be great signs. 
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you 
and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and 
into prisons, dragging you before kings, and governors for 



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my name's sake . And it shall happen unto you for a testi- 
mony. Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate 
before how you shall answer. For I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able 
to resist and gainsay. And you shall be betrayed by your 
parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends: and some 
of you they will put to death. And you shall be hated by 
all men for my name's sake: but a hair of your head shall 
not perish. In your patience you shall possess your souls. 

And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about 
with an army: then know that the desolation thereof is 
at hand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the 
mountains: and those who are in the midst thereof, de- 
part out: and those who are in the countries, not enter 
into it. For these are days of vengeance, that all things 
may be fulfilled that are written. But wo to them that 
are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall 
be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword: and shall 
be led away captives into all nations: and Jerusalem shall 
be trodden down by the Gentiles : till the times of the nations 
be fulfilled. 

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, 
and in the stars: and upon the earth distress of nations, 
by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of 
the waves. 

Men withering away for fear, and expectation for what 
shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of 
heaven shall be moved : and then they shall see the Son of 



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man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. 

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up 
and lift up your heads : because your redemption is at hand. " 

And he spoke to them a similitude: "See the fig-tree, 
and all the trees, When they now shoot forth their fruit, 
you know that summer is nigh. So you also when you 
shall see these things come to pass, know that the king- 
dom of God is at hand. Amen, I say to you, this gen- 
eration shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled. 
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall 
not pass away. 

But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the 
angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father. Take ye 
heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time 
is. Even as a man who going into a far country, left his 
house ; and gave authority to his servants over every work, 
and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye there- 
fore (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: 
at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the 
morning). Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping. 
And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, 
who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom 
and the bride. And five of them were foolish, and five 
wise. But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did 
not take oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels 
with the lamps. And the bridegroom tarrying, they all 
slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry 
made: 'Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to 
meet him.' 



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Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 
And the foolish said to the wise: i Give us of your oil, for 
our lamps are gone out.' The wise answered, saying: 
'Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go 
you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. ' 
Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: 
and they that were ready, went in with him to the mar- 
riage, and the door was shut. But at last come also the 
other virgins, saying: 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' But he 
answering said: 'Amen, I say to you, I know you not.' 
Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor 
the hour. 

For even as a man going into a far country called his 
servants, and delivered to them his goods. And to one he 
gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, 
to every one according to his proper ability, and imme- 
diately he took his journey. And he that had received 
the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, 
and gained other five. And in like manner he that had 
received the two, gained other two. But he that had re- 
ceived the one, going his way digged into the earth, and 
hid his lord's money. 

But after a long time the lord of those servants came, 
and reckoned with them. And he that had received the 
five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: 
'Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have 
gained other five over and above.' His lord said to him: 
'Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many 



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things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.' And he also 
that had received the two talents came and said: ' Lord, 
thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained 
other two.' His lord said to him: 'Well done, good and 
faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a 
few things, I will place thee over many things, enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord/ But he that had received the one 
talent, came and said : 1 Lord, I know that thou art a hard 
man: thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gath- 
erest where thou hast not strewed. And being afraid I went 
and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that 
which is thine.' And his lord answering, said to him: 
'Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap 
where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed: 
thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to 
the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my 
own with usury. Take ye away therefore the talent from 
him, and give it him that hath ten talents. 9 For to every- 
one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound; but 
from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to 
have, shall be taken away. And the unprofitable servant 
cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, 
and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat 
of his majesty: and all nations shall be gathered together 
before him, and he shall separate them one from another, 
as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: and 
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on. 



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his left. Then shall the king say to them that shall be 
on his right hand : ' Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess 
you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me to eat: 
I was thirsty and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, 
and you took me in: Naked and you covered me: sick, and 
you visited me: I was in prison and you came to me.' 

Then shall the just answer him, saying: 'Lord, when 
did we see thee hungry, and fed thee: thirsty, and gave 
thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger, and 
took thee in? or naked and covered thee? Or when did 
we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? ,! And 
the king answering, shall say to them: ' Amen, I say to you, 
as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you 
did it to me. ' 

Then He shall say to them also that shall be on his left 
hand: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting 
fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. For 
I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, 
and you gave me not to drink. I was a stranger, and you 
took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and 
in prison, and you did not visit me. ' 

Then they also shall answer him, saying: 'Lord 
when did we see thee hungry or thirsty, or a stranger, 
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee ?' 
Then he shall answer them, saying: 'Amen, I say to you, 
as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did 
you do it to me.' And these shall go into everlasting pun- 
ishment: but the just, into life everlasting. ,, 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



"^JOW there were certain Gentiles among them who 
* came up to adore on the festival day. These there- 
fore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and 
desired him, saying: "Sir, we would see Jesus." 

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew 
and Philip told Jesus. But Jesus answered them say- 
ing: "The hour is come, that the Son of man should 
be glorified. 

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat 
falling into the ground die; itself remaineth alone. But 
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his 
life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this worlds 
keepeth it unto life eternal. If any man minister to me, 
let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my 
minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my 
Father honour. Now is my soul troubled. And what 
shall I say ? Father, save me from this hour. But for 
this cause I came unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. " 

A voice therefore came from heaven: "I have both glo- 
rified it, and will glorify it again." The multitude there- 
fore that stood and heard, said that it thundered. Others 
said: an Angel spoke to him. Jesus answered and said: 
"This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. 
Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince 
of this world be cast out. And I if I be lifted up from 



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the earth, will draw all things to myself." (Now this he 
said, signifying what death he should die.) The multitude 
answered him: "We have heard out of the law, that Christ 
abideth forever; and how sayest thou: 'The Son of man 
must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of man?" Jesus there- 
fore said to them: "Yet a little while, the light is among 
you. Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness 
overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness, knoweth 
not whither he goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe 
in the light, that you may be the children of light." 

These things Jesus spoke, and he went away, and hid 
himself from them. And whereas he had done so many 
miracles before them, they believed not in him: that the 
saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
said: Lord, who hath believed our hearing? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they 
could not believe, because Isaias said again: He hath 
blinded their [eyes, and hardened their heart, that they 
should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their 
heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These 
things said Isaias, when he saw his glory and spoke of 
him. However, many of the chief men also believed in 
him: but because of the Pharisees they did not confess 
him, that they might not be cast out of the synagogue. 
For they loved the glory of men, more than the glory of God. 

But Jesus cried, and said: "He that believeth in me, 
doth not believe in me, but in him that sent me. And 
he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. I am come a 
light into the world; that whosoever believeth in me, 



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may not remain in darkness. And if any man hear my 
words, and keep them not, I do not judge him: for I 
came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 
He that despiseth me, and receiveth not my words, hath 
one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the 
same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not 
spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave 
me commandment what I should say, and what I should 
speak. And I know that his commandment is life ever- 
lasting. The things therefore that I speak; even as the 
Father said unto me, so do I speak." 

And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; 
but at night going out he abode in the mount that is called 
Olivet. And all the people came early in the morning 
to him in the temple to hear him. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these 
words, he said to his disciples: ''You know that after 
two days shall be the pasch, and the Son of man shall be 
delivered up to be crucified. " Then were gathered together 
the chief priests and the ancients of the people into the court 
of the high priest, who was called Caiphas. And they 
consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend 
Jesus, and put him to death. But they said: "Not on 
the festival day, lest perhaps, there should be a tumult 
among the people." 

Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas 
Iscariot, to the chief priests, and said to them: "What 
will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" But 
they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. And from 
thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him. 



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^TOW on the first day of the unleavened bread, 
when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say 
to him: "Whither wilt thou that we go, and prepare for 
thee to eat the pasch?" And he sendeth two of his disci- 
ples, and saith to them: "Go ye into the city: and there 
shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow 
him: and whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master 
of the house: 'The master saith, where is my refectory, 
where I may eat the pasch with my disciples?' And he 
will shew you a large dining room furnished, and there 
prepare ye for us." And his disciples went their way, 
and came into the city; and they found as he had told 
them, and they prepared the pasch. 

And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them 
should seem to be greater. And he said to them: "The 
kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that have 
power over them, are called beneficent. But you not so. 
but he that is the greater among you, let him become as 
the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth: 
For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that 
serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? but I am in 
the midst of you as he that serveth: and you are they who 
have continued with me in my temptations. And I dis- 
pose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me a kingdom: 
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and may sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. " 

But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve 
disciples. 

Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus knowing 
that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this 
world to the Father: having loved his own who were in 
the world, he loved them unto the end. And when supper 
was done, (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas 
Iscariot the son of Simon, to betray him,) knowing that 
the Father had given him all things into his hands, and 
that he came from God, and goeth to God. He riseth 
from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having 
taken a towel, girded himself. After that he putteth 
water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the dis- 
ciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he 
was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And 
Peter said to Him: "Lord, dost thou wash my feet?" 
Jesus answered, and said to him : ' 1 What I do, thou know- 
est not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." Peter 
said to him: "Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus 
answered him: "If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no 
part with me." Simon Peter saith to him: "Lord, not 
only my feet, but also my hands and my head." Jesus 
saith to him: "He that is washed, needeth not but to wash 
his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean; but not all. " 
For he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore 
he said: "You are not all clean." 

Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his gar- 
ments, being sat down again, he said to them: "Know 



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you what I have done to you? You call me Master, and 
Lord: and you say well, for so I am. If then I, being 
your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also 
ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you 
an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also. 
Amen, amen, I say to you : The servant is not greater 
than his lord: neither is the apostle greater than he that 
sent him. If you know these things, you shall be blessed 
if you do them. 

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: 
but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread 
with me; shall lift up his heel against me. At present I 
tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come 
to pass, you may believe that I am he. Amen, amen, 
I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiv- 
eth me: and he that receiveth me; receiveth him that sent 
me." When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled 
in spirit: and he testified, and said: "Amen, amen, I say 
to you, one of you shall betray me." The disciples there- 
fore looked one upon another, doubting of whom he spoke. 
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his dis- 
ciples whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beck- 
oned to him, and said to him: ' 'Who is it of whom he speak- 
eth?" He therefore leaning on the breast of Jesus saith to 
him: "Lord who is it ?" Jesus answered: "He it is to whom 
I shall reach bread dipped." And when he had dipped 
the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 
And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus 
said to him: "That which thou dost, do quickly." Now 



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no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto 
him. For some thought, because Judas had the purse, 
that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we 
have need of for the festival day: or that he should give 
something to the poor. He therefore having received 
the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night. 
When he therefore was gone out Jesus said: "Now is the 
Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God 
be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself: 
and immediately will he glorify him. Little children, 
yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me, and 
as I said to the Jews: Whither I go, you cannot come: so 
I say to you now. A new commandment I give unto you 
that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you 
also love one another. By this shall all men know that 
you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.' ' 

And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread and 
blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: 
"Take ye, and eat: This is my body." And taking the 
chalice he gave thanks: and gave to them, saying: "Drink 
ye all of this. For this is my blood of the new testament 
which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins. And 
I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit 
of the vine, until that day when I sha41 drink it with you 
new, in the kingdom of my Father." 

Simon Peter saith to him: "Lord, whither goest thou?" 
Jesus answered: "Whither I go, thou canst not follow 
me now, but thou shalt follow hereafter." Peter saith 
to him: "Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down 



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my life for thee." Jesus answered him: "Wilt thou 
lay down thy life for me ? Amen, amen, I say to thee, the 
cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice. " 

And he said to them: "When I sent you without purse 
and scrip and shoes, did you want anything ?" But they 
said: "Nothing." Then said he unte them: "But now 
he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scri : 
and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword. 
For I say to you, that this that is written, must yet be ful- 
filled in me, and with the wicked was he reckoned. For the 
things concerning me have an end. " But they said : ' 'Lord, 
behold here are two swords." And he said to them: 
"It is enough. 

Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, 
believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many 
mansions. If not, I would have told you, that I go to 
prepare a place for you. And if I shall go, and prepare 
a place for you : I will come again, and will take you to my- 
self, that where I am, you also may be. And whither I 
go you know, and the way you know." 

Thomas saith to him: "Lord, we know not whither 
thou goest, and how can we know the way?" Jesus saith 
to him: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No 
man cometh to the Father but by me. If you had known 
me, you would without doubt have known my Father also; 
and from henceforth you shall know him, and you have 
seen him." 

Philip saith to him: "Lord, shew us the Father, and 
it is enough for us." Jesus saith to him: "So long a time 



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have I been with you : and have you not known me ? Philip, 
he that seeth me, seeth the Father also. How say est thou, 
shew us the Father ? Do you not believe, that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak 
to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth 
in me, he doth the works. Believe you not that I am in 
the Father, and the Father in me ? Otherwise believe for 
the very works' sake. 

Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the 
works that I do, he also shall do, and greater -than these 
shall he do. Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever 
you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that 
the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you shall ask 
me anything in my name, that I will do. If you love me, 
keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, 
and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide 
with you forever. The Spirit of truth, whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nor knoweth him: 
but you shall know him: because he shall abide with you, 
and shall be in you. 

I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you. Yet 
a little while: and the world seeth me no more. But you 
see me: because I live, and you shall live. In that day 
you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, 
and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and 
keepeth them: he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth 
me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and 
will manifest myself to him." Judas saith to him, not the 
Iscariot : ' 'Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself 



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to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered, and said 
to him: "If any one love me, he will keep my word, and 
my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and 
will make our abode with him: He that loveth me not, 
keepeth not my words. And the word which you have 
heard is not mine; but the Father's who sent me. 

These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. 
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring 
all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to 
you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: 
not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard 
that I said to you: I go away and I come unto you. If 
you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go to 
the Father: for the Father is greater than I. And now I 
have told you before it come to pass: that when it shall 
come to pass you may believe. I will not now speak many 
things with you. For the prince of this world cometh, 
and in me he hath not anything. But that the world may 
know that I love the Father: and as the Father hath given 
me commandment, so do I. Arise let us go hence." 

And a hymn being said, they went out unto Mount Olivet. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 



"T AM the true vine; and my Father is the husband- 
^ man. Every branch in me, that beareth not 
fruit, he will take away : and every one that beareth fruit, 
he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now 
you are clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to 
you. Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch cannot 
bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither 
can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you the 
branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. 
If anyone abide not in me : he shall be cast forth as a branch, 
and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast 
him into the fire, and he burneth. If you abide in me, 
and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you 
will, and it shall be done unto you. In this is my Father 
glorified ; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become 
my disciples. 

As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. 
Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you 
shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's 
commandments, and do abide in his love. These things 
I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your 
joy may be filled. This is my commandment, that you 
love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love than 
this, no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his 



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friends. You are my friends, if you do the things that I 
command you, I will not now call you servants : for the 
servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called 
you friends: Because all things whatsoever I have heard 
of my Father, I have made known to you. You have not 
chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed 
you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit, and 
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask 
of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

These things I command you, that you love one another. 
If the world hate you, know you that it hath hated me be- 
fore you. If you had been of the world; the world would 
love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. Remember my word that I said to you. The 
servant is not greater than his master. If they have per- 
secuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept 
my word, they will keep yours also. But all these things 
they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know 
not him that sent me. If I had not come, and spoken to 
them, they would not have sin: but now they have no ex- 
cuse for their sin. He that hateth me, hateth my Father 
also. If I had not done among them the works that no other 
man hath done, they would not have sin: but now they 
have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But 
that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their 
law: They have hated me without cause. But when the 
Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, 
the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he 



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shall give testimony of me. And you shall give testimony 
because you are with me from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken to you, that you may not 
be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues : 
yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will 
think that he doth a service to God. And these things 
they will do to you, because they have not known the Father 
nor me. 

But these things I have told you, that when the hour 
shall come, you may remember that I told you of them. 
But I told you not these things from the beginning, because 
I was with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and 
none of you asketh me: ' Whither goest thou?' But because 
I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your 
heart. But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that 
I go; for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you: but 
if I go, I will send him to you. And when he is come, 
he will convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of 
judgment. Of sin: because they believed not in me. 
And of justice : because I go to the Father ; and you shall 
see me no longer. And of judgment: because the prince 
of this world is already judged. 

I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot 
bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of him- 
self: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak: 
and the things that are to come, he shall shew you. He 
shall glorify me ; because he shall receive of mine, and shall 
shew it to you. All things whatsoever the Father hath, 



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are mine. Therefore I said, he shall receive of mine, and 
shew it to you. A little while and now you shall not 
see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: 
because I go to the Father." 

Then some of his disciples said one to another: "What 
is this that he saith to us: 'A little while, and you shall 
not see me: and again a little while and you shall see me, 
and because I go to the Father' ? ' ' They said therefore : 
"What is this that he saith, 'A little while'? we know 
not what he speaketh." And Jesus knew that they had 
a mind to ask him: and he said to them: "Of this do you 
inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little while? 
and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you 
shall see me? Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall 
lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice : and you shall 
be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because 
her hour is come: but when she hath brought forth the 
child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that 
a man is born into the world. So also you now indeed 
have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart 
shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you. 
And in that day you shall not ask me anything. Amen, 
amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father anything 
in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto you have 
not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you shall 
receive; that your joy may be full. These things I have 
spoken to you in proverbs: The hour cometh when I will 
no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plain- 
ly of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name: 



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and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you 
For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved 
me, and have believed that I came out from God; I came 
forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again 
I leave the world, and I go to the Father." 

His disciples say to him: "Behold now thou speakest 
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou 
knowest all things, and thou needest not that any man 
should ask thee. By this we believe that thou comest 
forth from God." Jesus answered them: "Do you now 
believe? Behold the hour cometh, and it is now come, 
that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall 
leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father 
is with me. These things I have spoken to you, that in 
me you may have peace. In the world you shall have 
distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." 

These things Jesus spoke, and lifting up his eyes to 
heaven, he said : ' 'Father, the hour is come, glorify the Son, 
that thy Son may glorify thee. As thou hast given him power 
over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom 
thou hast given him. Now this is eternal life: That they 
may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 
whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: 
I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do : and 
now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory 
which I had, before the world was, with thee. 

I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou 
hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and to 
me thou gavest them: and they have kept thy word. Now 



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they have known that all things which thou hast given me, 
are from thee: because the words which thou gavest me 
I have given to them: and they have received them, and have 
known in very deed that I came out from thee, and they 
have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: 
I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast 
given me: because they are thine: And all my things are 
thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. 
And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, 
and I come to thee. 

Holy Father, keep them in thy name, whom thou hast 
given me: that they may be one, as we also are. While 
I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those 
whom thou gavest me have I kept : and none of them 
is lost, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture may 
be fulfilled. And now I come to thee: and these things 
I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in 
themselves. I have given them thy word, and the world 
hath hated them, because they are not of the world: as I 
also am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldst 
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep 
them from evil. They are not of the world as I also am 
not of the world. Sanctify them in truth. Thy word 
is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have 
sent them into the world. And for them do I sanctify 
myself; that they also may be sanctified in truth. 

And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who 
through their word shall believe in me: That they all may 
be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee: that they 



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also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou 
hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me, 
I have given to them : that they may be one, as we also are 
one. I in them, and thou in me. That they may be made 
perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast 
sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me. 
Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast 
given me may be with me: that they may see my glory 
which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me 
before the creation of the world. Just Father, the world 
hath not known thee: but I have known thee; and these 
have known, that thou hast sent me. And I have made 
known thy name to them, and will make it known; that 
the love, wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them y 
and I in them." 

When Jesus had said these things, he went forth with 
his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a 
garden, into which he entered with his disciples. 

And when he was come to the place, he said to them: 
"Pray, lest you enter into temptation." And he was with- 
drawn away from them a stone's cast: and kneeling down 
he prayed, saying: ' 'Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice 
from me. But yet not my will but thine be done." And 
there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening 
him. And being in agony, he prayed the longer. And 
His sweat became as drops of blood trickling down upon the 
ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come 
to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. And 
he said to them: "Why sleep you? Arise, pray, lest you 
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And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: 
because Jesus had often resorted thither together with his 
disciples. Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers, 
and servants, from the chief priests and the Pharisees 
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 
Jesus therefore knowing all things that should come upon 
him, went forth, and said to them: "Whom seek ye?'' 
They answered him: "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus saith 
to them: "I am he." And Judas also, who betrayed him, 
stood with them. As soon therefore as he said to them: 
^'I;am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground. 
Again therefore he asked them: "Whom seek ye?" And 
they said: "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I have 
told you, that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let 
these go their way." That the word might be ful- 
filled, which he said: Of them whom thou hast given me, 
I have not lost anyone. 

Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew it; and struck 
the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. 
And the name of the servant was Malchus. Jesus therefore 
said to Peter: "Put up thy sword into thy scabbard. The 
chalice which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it V 

Then the band and the tribune, and the servants of the 
Jews, took Jesus, and bound him: and they led him away 
to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiphas, who 
was high priest of that year. Now Caiphas was he who 
had given the counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient 
that one man should die for the people. 

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and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him: "I have spoken 
openly to the world : I have always taught in the synagogue, 
and in the temple, whither all the Jews resort; and in 
secret I have spoken nothing. Why askest thou me? 
ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them: 
behold they know what things I have said." And when 
he had said these things, one of the servants standing by 
gave Jesus a blow, saying : ' 1 Answerest thou the high priest 
so?" Jesus answered him: "If I have spoken evil, give 
testimony of the evil: but if well, why strikest thou me?" 

And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas, the high-priest. 
But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas, the high- 
priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled. 
And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the 
high-priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he 
might see the end. And the chief priests and the whole 
council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might 
put him to death: And they found not, whereas many 
false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came 
two false witnesses; and they said: "This man said: 'I 
am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days 
to rebuild it." And the high priest rising up, said to him: 
( 6 Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness 
against thee?" But Jesus held his peace. And the high 
priest said to him: "I adjure thee by the living God, that 
thou tell us if thou be the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus 
saith to him: ' 'Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, 
hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right 
hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of 



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heaven." Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: 
1 'He hath blasphemed, what further need have we of wit- 
nesses ? Behold now you have heard the blasphemy. What 
think you?" But they answering said: "He is guilty of 
death." 

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the 
hall, and were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of 
them. Whom when a certain servantmaid had seen sitting 
at the light, and had earnestly beheld him, she said: "This 
man also was with him." But he denied him, saying. 
' 'Woman, I know him not." And after a little while another 
seeing him, said: "Thou also art one of them." But Peter 
said: "O man, I am not." And after the space as it were 
of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying: "Of 
a truth, this man was also with him: for he is also a Galilean. " 
And Peter said: "Man, I know not what thou sayest." 
And immediately as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. 
And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter re- 
membered the word of the Lord, as he had said: "Before 
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." And Peter 
going out wept bitterly. 

Then they did spit in his face, and buffeted him, and 
others struck his face with the palms of their hands, 
saying: "Prophesy unto us, O Christ; who is he that struck 
thee?" 

And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people, 
and *the chief priests, and the scribes came together, and 
they brought him into their council, saying: "If thou be 
the Christ, tell us." And he said to them: "If I shall tell 



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you, you will not believe me: And if I shall also ask you, 
you will not answer me, nor let me go. 

But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right 
hand of the power of God." Then said they all: "Art thou 
then the Son of God?" Who said: "You say that I am." 
And they said: "What need we any further testimony? 
For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth." 

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was 
condemned; repenting himself, brought back the thirty 
pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients. Saying: 
"I have sinned, in betraying innocent blood." But they 
said: "What is that to us? look thou to it." And casting 
down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and 
went and hanged himself with an halter. But the chief 
priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: "It is not 
lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price 
of blood." And after they had consulted together, they 
bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place 
for strangers. For this cause that field was called Hacel- 
dama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day. 

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias,. 
the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of 
silver, the price 0} him that was prized, whom they prized 
0} the children of Israel. And they gave them unto the 
potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



THEN they led Jesus from Caiphas to the govern- 
or's hall. xAnd it was morning: and they went 
not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that 
they might eat the pasch. Pilate therefore went out to 
them, and said: "What accusation bring you against this 
man?" They answered and said to him: "If he were not 
a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee." 
Pilate therefore said to them: "Take him you, and judge 
him according to your law." The Jews therefore said to 
him: "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death." 
That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which be said, 
signifying what death he should die. 

Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called 
Jesus, and said to him: "Art thou the king of the Jews?" 
Jesus answered: "Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have 
others told it thee of me?" Pilate answered: "Am I 
a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have deliv- 
ered thee up to me : what hast thou done ?" Jesus answered : 
"My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were 
of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I 
should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom 
is not from hence." Pilate therefore said to him: "Art 
thou a king then?" Jesus answered: "Thou sayest, that 
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the world : that I should give testimony to the truth. Every- 
one that is of the truth, heareth my voice." Pilate saith 
to him: "What is truth?" And when he said this he went 
out again to the Jews, and saith to them: "I find no cause 
in him." 

But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of 
Galilee ? And when he understood that he was of Herod's 
jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also 
himself at Jerusalem in those days. And Herod seeing 
Jesus, was very glad, for he was desirous of a long time 
to see him, because he had heard many things of him: 
and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. 

And he questioned him in many words. But he an- 
swered him nothing. And the chief priests and the scribes 
stood by, earnestly accusing him. And Herod with his 
army set him at nought: and mocked him, putting on 
him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate. And 
Herod and Pilate were made friends that same day: for 
before they were enemies one to another. 

Now upon the solemn day the governor was accus- 
tomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they 
would. And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was 
called Barabbas. They therefore being gathered together^ 
Pilate said: "Whom will you that I release to you, Barab- 
bas, or Jesus that is called Christ?" For he knew that for 
envy they had delivered him. And as he was sitting in 
the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying : i 'Have 
thou nothing to do with that just man. For I have suffered 
many things this day in a dream because of him." 



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But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, 
that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away. 
And the governor answering, said to them: ' 1 Whether 
will you of the two, to be released unto you?" But they 
said: 4 'Barabbas." Pilate saith to them: "What shall I 
do then with Jesus that is called Christ?" They say all: 
' 'Let him be crucified. " The governor said to them: "Why y 
what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, 
saying: "Let him be crucified." 

And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing: but that 
rather a tumult was made: taking water washed his hands 
before the people, saying: "I am innocent of the blood 
of this just man; look you to it." And the whole people 
answering, said: "His blood be upon us, and upon our 
children." Then he released to them Barabbas, and having 
scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified. 
Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the 
hall, gathered together unto him the whole band: And 
stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him. And 
platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and 
a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, 
they mocked him, saying: "Hail, king of the Jews." And 
spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head. 

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them: 
"Behold I bring him forth unto you, that you may know 
that I find no cause in him." (Jesus therefore came forth 
bearing the crown of thorns, and the purple garment.) 
And he saith to them: "Behold the Man." When the chief 
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out, saying: ' 'Crucify him, crucify him." Pilate saith to 
them: i ' Take him you, and crucify him, for I find no 
cause in him. " The Jews answered him: "We have a law, 
and according to the law he ought to die, because he made 
himself the Son of God." When Pilate therefore had 
heard this saying, he feared the more. And he entered 
into the hall again, and he said to Jesus: ' ' Whence art thou ?" 
But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore saith to 
him: "Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I 
have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release 
thee?" Jesus answered: "Thou shouldst not have any 
power against me, unless it were given thee from above. 
Therefore he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the 
greater sin." 

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But 
the Jews cried out, saying: "If thou release this man, 
thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh him- 
self a king, speaketh against Caesar." Now when Pilate 
had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth; and sat 
down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called Litho- 
strotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha. And it was the parasceve 
of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews: 
"Behold your king." But they cried out : "Away with him, 
away with him, crucify him." Pilate saith to them: "Shall 
I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered: "We 
have no king but Caesar." Then therefore he delivered 
him to them to be crucified. 

And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon 
of Cyrene, coming from the country ; and they laid the cross 
on him to carry after Jesus. 



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And there followed him a great multitude of people, 
and of women who bewailed and lamented him. But 
Jesus turning to them said : "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 
not over me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 
For behold the days shall come, wherein they will say: 
( Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not 
borne, and the paps that have not given suck.' Then 
shall they begin to say to the mountains: 'Fall upon us:' 
and to the hills: 'Cover us.' For if in the green wood 
they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?" 

And there were also two other malefactors led with 
him to be put to death. 

And when they were come to the place which is called 
Calvary, they crucified him there: and the robbers, one 
on the right and the other on the left. And Jesus said: 
' 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." 
But they dividing his garments, cast lots. 

And there was also a superscription written over him 
in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew: "This is the 
King of the Jews." 

And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging 
their heads, and saying: "Vah, thou that destroyest the tem- 
ple of God, and in three days buildest it up again: Save 
thyself, coming down from the cross." In like manner 
also the chief priests mocking said with the scribes, one 
to another: "He saved others, himself he cannot save. 
Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross » 
that we may see and believe." 

And one of those robbers who were hanged, blaspheme d 



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him, saying: "If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.'> 
But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: "Neither 
dost thou fear God, seeing thou art under the same con- 
demnation ? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due 
reward of our deeds: but this man hath done no evil." 
And he said to Jesus: 'Lord, remember me, when thou shalt 
come into thy kingdom. " And Jesus said to him: "Amen, 
I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise." 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and 
his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. 
When Jesus therefore had seen his mother, and the disciple 
standing, whom he loved, he saith to his mother: "Woman, 
behold thy son." After that, he saith to the disciple: 
"Behold thy mother." And from that hour the disciple 
took her to his own. 

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the 
whole earth, until the ninth hour. 

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 
saying: "Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani?" that is, "My God, 
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" And some that 
stood there and heard, said: "This man calleth Elias;'' 
And immediately one of them running, took a sponge, 
and rilled it with vinegar: and put it on a reed, and gave 
him to drink. And the others said: "Let he, let us see 
whether Elias will come to deliver him." And Jesus again 
crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 

And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from 
the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the 
rocks were rent. 



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Now the centurion and they that were with him watching 
Jesus, having seen the earth quake and the things that 
were done, were sore afraid, saying: "Indeed this was the 
Son of God." And there were there many women afar 
off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering 
unto him. Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary 
the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the 
sons of Zebedee. 

Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve) that the 
bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day 
(for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken 
away. The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the 
legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with 
him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw 
that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 
But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and 
immediately there came out blood and water. And he 
that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is 
true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also 
may believe. For these things were done that the Scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. 
And again another Scripture saith: They shall look on 
him whom they pierced. 

And when it was evening there came a certain rich man 
of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a dis- 
ciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate, and asked the body 
of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should 
be delivered. And Joseph taking the body, wrapt it up 



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In a clean linen cloth. And laid it in his ownjiew monu- 
ment, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled 
a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his 
way. And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other 
Mary sitting over against the sepulchre. 



CHAPTER XL. 



A ND the next day, which followed the day of prep- 
^ aration, the chief priests and the Pharisees came 
together to Pilate, saying: "Sir, we have remembered 
that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: 1 After three 
days I will rise again.' Command therefore the sepulchre 
to be guarded until the third day; lest perhaps his disciples 
come and steal him away, and say to the people: 'He is 
risen from the dead:' and the last error shall be worse 
than the first." Pilate said to them: "You have a guard: 
go, guard it as you know." And they departing, made 
the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards. 

And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel 
of the Lord descended from heaven: and coming, rolled 
back the stone, and sat upon it: and his countenance 
was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. And for 
fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became 
as dead men. 

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen and 
Mary the mother of James and Salome brought sweet spices, 
that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early 
in the morning the first day of the week, they come to the 
sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And they said one 
to another: "Who shall roll us back the stone from the 
door of the sepulchre?" And looking, they saw the stone 
rolled back. For it was very great. 



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She ran therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and 
to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: 
"They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre y 
and we know not where they have laid him." 

And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 
And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind 
at this, behold two men stood by them in shining appareL 
And as they were afraid and bowed down their counte- 
nance toward the ground, they said unto them: "Why 
seek you the living with the dead? He is not here but is 
risen. Remember how he spoke unto you when he was 
yet in Galilee, saying : ' The Son of Man must be delivered 
into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the 
third day rise again. ' ' ' And they remembered his words. 

But Peter rising up ran to the sepulchre; and stooping 
down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves, and 
went away wondering in himself at that which was come 
to pass. 

But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now 
as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked into 
the sepulchre: and she saw two angels in white, sitting, 
one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of 
Jesus had been laid. They say to her: "Woman, why 
weepest thou?" She saith to them: "Because they have 
taken away my Lord: and I know not where they have 
laid him." When she had thus said, she turned herself 
back, and saw Jesus standing; and she knew not that it 
was Jesus. Jesus saith to her: "Woman, why weepest 
thou? whom seekest thou?" She thinking that it was 



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the gardener, saith to him: "Sir, if thou hast taken him 
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him: and I will take 
him away." Jesus saith to her: "Mary." She, turning, 
saith to him: "Rabboni" (which is to say, Master). Jesus 
saith to her: "Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended 
to my Father: but go to my brethren and say to them: 
I ascend to my Father, and to your Father, to my God and 
your God." Mary Magdalen cometh and telleth the disci- 
ples : ' ( I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me. " 

And behold, Jesus met them, saying: "All hail." But 
they came up, and took hold of his feet, and adored him. 
Then Jesus said to them: "Fear not. Go, tell my brethren 
that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me." 

Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards 
came into the city, and told the chief priests all things 
that had been done. And they being assembled together 
with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money 
to the soldiers, saying: "Say you: 'His disciples came by 
night, and stole him away when we were asleep.' And 
if the governor shall hear of this, we will persuade him, 
and secure you." So they taking the money, did as they 
were taught: and this word was spread abroad among 
the Jews, even unto this day. 

And behold, two of them went the same day to a town 
which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. 
And they talked together of all these things which had 
happened. And it came to pass, that while they talked 
and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing 
near went with them. But their eyes were held that they 



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should not know him. And he said to them: "What are 
these discourses that you hold one with another as you 
walk, and are sad?" And the one of them whose name 
was Cleophas, answering, said to him: "Art thou only a 
stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things 
that have been done therein these days?" To whom he 
said: "What things?" And they said: "Concerning Jesus 
of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and 
word before God and all the people. And how our chief 
priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death, 
and crucified him. But we hoped that it was he that 
should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, 
to-day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, 
and certain women also of our company affrighted us, 
who before it was light were at the sepulchre. And not 
finding his body, came, saying that they had also seen a 
vision of angels, who say that he is alive. And some of 
our people went to the sepulchre: and found it so as the 
women had said, but him they found not. " Then he said to 
them: "O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things 
which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have 
suffered these things, and so enter into his glory ? " And be- 
ginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them 
in all the Scriptures the things that were concerning him. 
And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: 
and he made as though he would go farther. But they con- 
strained him, saying: "Stay with us, because it is towards 
evening, and the day is far spent." And he went in with 
them. And it came to pass, while he was at table with 



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them, he took bread, and blessed and brake, and gave to 
them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: 
and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to 
the other: ' ' Was not our heart burning within us, whilst 
he spoke in the way, and opened to us the Scriptures?" 
And rising up the same hour they went back to Jerusalem: 
and they found the eleven gathered together, and those 
that were with them, saying: "The Lord is risen indeed, 
and hath appeared to Simon. " And they told what things 
were done in the way : and how they knew him in the break- 
ing of bread. 

Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, 
and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered 
together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the 
midst, and said to them: "Peace be to you." And when 
he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. 
The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. 
He said therefore to them again: "Peace be to you. As 
the Father hath sent me, I also send you." When he had 
said this he breathed on them; and he said to them: "Re- 
ceive ye the Holy Ghost : Whose sins you shall forgive, they 
are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they 
are retained." Now Thomas, one of twelve, who is called 
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The 
other disciples therefore said to him: "We have seen the 
Lord." But he said to them: "Except I shall see in his 
hands the print of the nails, and put my fingers into the 
place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will 
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After eight days, again his disciples were within, and 
Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, 
and stood in the midst and said: "Peace be to you." Then 
he saith to Thomas: "Put in thy finger hither, and see 
my hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put it into my 
side, and be not faithless, but believing. " Thomas an- 
swered, and said to him : 1 'My Lord, and my God. " Jesus 
saith to him: "Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou 
hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and 
have believed." 



CHAPTER XLI. 



FTER this Jesus shewed himself again to the 



disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he shewed 
himself after this manner. There were together Simon 
Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael 
who was of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee,. 
and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter saith to them: 
"I go a fishing.' ' They say to him: "We also come with 
thee.' ' And they went forth and entered into the ship : And 
that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was 
come, Jesus stood on the shore : yet the disciples knew not 
that it was Jesus. Jesus therefore said to them: "Children,, 
have you any meat?" They answered him: "No." He 
saith to them: "Cast the net on the right side of the ship: 
and you shall find." They cast therefore: and now they 
were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 

That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved, said to Peter : 
"It is the Lord." Simon Peter, when he heard that it 
was the Lord, girt his coat about him (for he was naked) 
and cast himself into the sea. But the other disciples 
came in the ship (for they were not far from the land, 
but as it were two hundred cubits) dragging the net with 
fishes. As soon as they came to land, they saw hot coals 
lying, and a fish laid thereon and bread. Jesus saith to 
them: "Bring hither of the fishes which you have now 
caught." Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, 




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full of great nshes, one hundred and fifty-three. And 
although there were so many, the net was not broken. 

Jesus saith to them: "Come and dine." And none of 
them who were at meat, durst ask him: "Who art thou?" 
knowing that it was the Lord. And Jesus cometh and 
taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish in like manner. 
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to 
his disciples, after he was risen from the dead. 

When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter: "Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? 
He saith to him: "Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love 
thee." He saith to him: "Feed my lambs." He saith 
to him again: "Simon son of John, lovest thou me?" He 
saith to him: "Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee." 
He saith to him: "Feed my lambs." He said to him the 
third time: "Simon son of John, lovest thou me?" Peter 
was grieved, because he had said to him the third time; 
"Lovest thou me?" And he said to him: "Lord, thou 
knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee." He 
said to him: "Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to 
thee: when thou was younger, thou didst gird thyself, 
and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou 
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another 
shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not." 
And this he said, signifying by what death he should 
glorify God. 

And when he had said this, he said to him: "Follow 
me." Peter turning about, saw that disciple whom Jesus 
loved following, who also leaned on his breast at supper, 



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and said: "Lord, who is it that shall betray thee?" 
Him therefore when Peter had seen, he saith to Jesus. 
"Lord, and what shall this man do?" Jesus saith to him 4 
' 'So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee ? 
follow thou me." This saying therefore went abroad 
among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. 
And Jesus did not say to him: "He should not die:" but, 
"So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee ?" 

And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the moun- 
tain where Jesus had appointed them. And seeing him 
they adored: but some doubted. And Jesus coming spoke 
to them saying: £< A11 power is given to me in heaven and 
in earth; Going therefore teach ye all nations: baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you : and behold I am with 
you all days, even to the consummation of the world." 

And he said to them: "These are the words which I spoke 
to you while I was yet with you, and all things must needs 
be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in 
the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me." Then 
he opened their understanding, that they might understand 
the Scriptures. And he said to them: "Thus it is written, 
and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from 
the dead the third day : And that penance and the remission 
of sins should be preached in his name unto all nations, 
beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these 
things. And I send the promise of my Father upon you: 
but stay you in the city, till you be endued with power 
from on high." 



LIFE OF CHRIST. 



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And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up 
his hands he blessed them. And it came to pass, whilst 
he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried 
up to heaven. And they adoring went back into Jerusalem 
with great joy. And they were always in the temple, prais- 
ing and blessing God. Amen. 

Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his dis- 
ciples, which are not written in this book. But these are 
written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the 
Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his 
name. 



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